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A widow that has a valid remarriage loses her right to previous husband’s property: Chhattisgarh HC

2 Jul 20212 Jul 2021

While hearing a case of property inheritance of a widow, the Chhattisgarh High Court ruled that a widow loses her right to the inherited property from her previous husband upon…

Under the Special Marriage Act, can children from the first marriage contest the legitimacy of the second? SC agrees to look into it.

After the woman’s husband’s children from his first marriage went to court and said the marriage was illegitimate, a Supreme Court bench issued notice to the government and two parties…

Supreme Court seeks response from the Centre on Uniform Succession and Inheritance laws

The Supreme Court asked the government to respond to a plea for uniform laws on succession and inheritance, applicable across religious faiths. Four PILs have been filed within three months…

Married woman’s heirs on her parental side not strangers for the purposes of succession under Hindu Succession Act: Supreme Court

The Apex Court has recently pronounced that when a woman's parent heirs are included as people who may possibly succeed under Hindu Succession Act, then it cannot be held that…