Yudhishter v. Ashok Kumar

Citation(1987) 1 SCC 204
Case NumberCivil Appeal No. 2494/1986
BenchR.S. Pathak J.
Date of Decision1 January 1987
CategoryHUF Partition
Statutes Cited["Hindu Succession Act 1956 - Section 8"]

Ratio Decidendi

Reaffirmed that post-1956 inheritance of ancestral property does not create HUF property. Following Chander Sen.

Headnotes

["Follows CWT v. Chander Sen","Post-1956 inherited property is not HUF property"]

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