Dr. Pushpalata v. Ram Das HUF

Citation2025:DHC:251
Bench1-judge
Date of Decision23 January 2025
CategoryHUF Partition
Statutes Cited["Hindu Succession Act 1956 - Section 6","Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act 2005","Special Marriage Act 1954 - Section 19","Registration Act 1908","Income Tax Act - Section 171"]
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Ratio Decidendi

Marrying a person of another faith does not result in automatic religious conversion. A Hindu woman married to a Muslim under Special Marriage Act retains Hindu status and HUF rights. Pre-20.12.2004 registered partitions protected from 2005 Amendment.

Headnotes

["Interfaith marriage does not extinguish HUF property rights","No automatic religious conversion on marriage","HUF can exist with self-acquired assets in common pool","Pre-20.12.2004 registered partitions protected from 2005 Amendment","Plaintiff entitled to 1/5th share preliminary decree granted"]

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Delhi High Court - Orders
Dr. Pushpalata & Anr vs Ram Das Huf Through Its Karta Dr. Ram Das & ... on 4 November, 2025

$~35
* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
+ RFA(OS) 24/2025, CM APPL. 25325/2025 (35 days delay in
filing appeal), CM APPL. 25326/2025 (stay) & CM APPL.
68544/2025 (Cross Objections U/O 41 Rule 22 CPC )

DR. PUSHPALATA & ANR. .....Appellants
Through: Mr. Varun Nischal, Mr. Rajat
Manchanda, Ms. Megha Gaur,
Ms. Sakshi Sharma, Advs.

versus

RAM DAS HUF THROUGH ITS KARTA DR. RAM DAS &
ORS. .....Respondents
Through: Mr. Rikky Gupta, Adv.

CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN
SHANKAR
ORDER
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ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.

HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J.
NOVEMBER 04, 2025/ v

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