charitable purposes. The petitioner contended it to be discriminatory against the testamentary dispositions by a Christian. The court stated that the Act was to prevent
force, namely, (a) instruments of gift of immovable property; (b) other non-testamentary instruments which purport or operate to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish ... hundred rupees and upwards, to or in immovable property; (c) non-testamentary instruments which acknowledge the receipt or payment of any consideration on account
shall affect or invalidate any disposition or alienation including any partition or testamentary disposition of property which had taken place before the 20th ... force in, as property capable of being disposed of by her by testamentary disposition. (3) Where a Hindu dies after the commencement of the Hindu
charitable purposes. The petitioner contended it to be discriminatory against the testamentary dispositions by a Christian. The court stated that the Act was to prevent
include standing timber, growing crops or grass; "instrument” means a non-testamentary instrument; “attested”, in relation to an instrument, means and shall be deemed always
purposes of this Act;] (24) Settlement- settlement means any non-testamentary disposition, in writing, of movable or immovable property made (a) in consideration of marriage
trust created before the 1st day of March, 1970, by a non-testamentary instrument and the ] [ Restored by Act 3 of 1989, Section ... trust created before the 1st day of March, 1970, by a non-testamentary instrument and the ] [Substituted by Act 19 of 1970, Section
under a trust declared by a duly executed instrument in writing whether testamentary or otherwise [including any wakf deed which is valid under the Mussalman
respect of property of which he or she has not made a testamentary disposition capable of taking effect; (h) “marumakkattayam law” means the system
Section 30 in The Hindu Succession Act, 1956
30. Testamentary succession.—
Any Hindu may dispose of by will or other testamentary disposition any property, which