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1 - 8 of 8 (0.21 seconds)P. Manavala Chetty And Five Ors. vs P. Ramanujam Chetty And Anr. on 25 January, 1966
In Manavala Chetty v. Ramanujam Chetty [1971] 1 MLJ 127, the testator under the will apart from other properties bequeathed a right of residence in the house to the wife and no provision had been made with regard to the residuary estate and in the context of considering
whether the widow got absolute right in the house, Ramamurthi J. held as follows :
Ramaswami Gounder vs Ramaswami Gounder And Ors. on 16 April, 1971
10. Learned counsel for the assessee referred to Ramaswami Goundar v. Ramaswami Goundar [1972] 1 MLJ 417, wherein the Madras High Court while drawing a distinction between the bare life interest and the widow's estate held as follows) : [paragraph 32 at page 426]
"Firstly, the bequest to the plaintiff, Muthuthandava, Natesa and the first defendant is a vested interest and is not a contingent remainder, contingent on their surviving the widow. If the intention of the testator was that they should get only if they survived the widow, words to that effect would have been used, but that is not the case. The conferment of a vested interest on the plaintiff and the other three persons is inconsistent with the notion that the Hindu widow's estate was what was given to Sowbagiammal, because a Hindu widow is not a bare life estate holder but a full owner though her powers of alienation are limited and the persons who take after her would only have mere spes successionis or chance of succession; only those reversionary heirs living at the time of her death would be entitled to take under the Hindu law. Secondly, a Hindu widow would have powers of alienation binding the reversioners in certain limited circumstances, but a bare life estate holder would not have any such powers, and in this case no such powers of alienation have been conferred on the widow."
Bai Vajia (Dead) By L. Rs vs Thakorbhai Chelabhai And Ors on 20 February, 1979
In Bai Vajia v. Thakorbhai Chelabhai, , while considering the interaction of section 14(1) and section 14(2) of the Hindu Succession Act, the Supreme Court held as follows (headnote) :
The Hindu Succession Act, 1956
Section 27 in The Wealth-Tax Act, 1957 [Entire Act]
The Hindu Women's Rights To Property Act, 1937
Mohanlal vs Habibullah And Ors. on 26 June, 1963
In Mohanlal v. Habibullah, , life interest was given to the widows and there was no mention regarding the devolution after the death of the widows and while considering this aspect, the Patna High Court held as follows (paragraph 16 at p. 436) :
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