Arshnoor Singh v. Harpal Kaur

CitationAIR 2019 SC 3098
Bench2-judge
Date of Decision1 July 2019
CategoryHUF Partition
Statutes Cited["Hindu Succession Act 1956 - Sections 6, 8","Transfer of Property Act 1882","Mitakshara Hindu Law"]

Ratio Decidendi

Property inherited from father/grandfather/great-grandfather is ancestral coparcenary property. Sons, grandsons, great-grandsons acquire interest by birth. Sale without legal necessity is void.

Headnotes

["Ancestral property from three paternal ancestors is coparcenary","Coparcenary interest acquired by birth","Pre-1956 Mitakshara law coparcenary character retained post-1956","Sale deeds without legal necessity declared void","Burden on purchaser to prove legal necessity"]

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