Constitution of India
India
Constitution of India
CONTITUENTASSEMBLY 00 of 1950
Published in Gazette 00
Article 296 in Constitution of India
296. Property accruing by escheat or lapse or as bona vacantia
Subject as hereinafter provided any property ... case may be, to the Ruler of an Indian State by escheat or lapse, or as bona vacantia for want of a rightful owner, shall
company to set aside transaction-
Limitation-Suit it maintainable by share holders Escheat-If
properties vest in Government by escheat.
HEADNOTE:
One W owned several ... Vested in the Government The right
of the Government to take by escheat for want of an heir or
successor or as bona vacantia
exclude them
from inheritance altogether.
Section 29 Property escheated to Government on
failure of heirs--Only when there is total absence of
heirs---Availability ... heirs under sub) section (1) or (2)
of Section 15- -Whether precludes escheat.
HEADNOTE:
One Smt. 'M' inherited from her husband certain agri
place. The property
would, therefore, vest in the Gaon Sabha by Escheat. The
decision of the Deputy Director was challenged before the
High Court ... sought to be given to the Gaon Sabha on
the principle of Escheat, namely, where it is found by the
Consolidation Authorities that the tenure
adjudicating on the vesting of the property in the state by escheat
under Section 29 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956;
(ii) In view ... heir would have been
subject.”
Section 29 embodies the principle of escheat. The doctrine of escheat postulates
that where an individual dies intestate and does
hereinafter provided, any property in India accruing to His Majesty by escheat or lapse, or as bona vacantia for want of a rightful owner, shall
Rajasthan Escheats Regulation Act, 1956
RAJASTHAN
India
Rajasthan Escheats Regulation Act, 1956
Act 23 of 1956
Published on 1 January 1956
Commenced on 1 January ... document is not available and this content could not be verified.]
Rajasthan Escheats Regulation Act, 1956 (Act No.23 of 1956 ) Last Updated 2nd December
Kerala Escheats and Forfeitures Act, 1964
KERALA
India
Kerala Escheats and Forfeitures Act, 1964
Act 4 of 1964
Published on 1 January 1964
Commenced ... document is not available and this content could not be verified.]
Kerala Escheats and Forfeitures Act, 1964 (Act 4 of 1964 ) Last Updated 25th November
right of bona vacantia, which has no other owner, or by escheat or cession. No private person can claim ownership right over Nazul land ... words "Nazul property" its english meaning was given as "Escheats to the Government". Sadar Board of Revenue on 20th
