A child born from a void/ voidable marriage which has been annulled will have right to ancestral property of the parents of a Joint Hindu family governed under the Mitakshara law and not in the property of any other person. Supreme Court answers reference Revanasiddappa & Anr. v. Mallikarjun & Ors. Hon’ble Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Hon’ble Justice J. B. Pardiwala & Hon’ble Justice Manoj Misra Decided on 1st September, 2023 For full textclick ...

Supreme Court issues public notice regarding a fake website, impersonating the official website of the Supreme Court. The notice alerts the public that the attackers through the URL – https://cbins.scigv.com/offence are soliciting personal details, and confidential information. Any visitor on the above URLs is strongly advised not to share and divulge any personal and confidential information, as the same shall enable the perpetrators to steal the information. For Public Noticeclick here

Kerala High Court recognizes the right of a senior citizen to claim the past maintenance from children irrespective of the religion they belong. An octogenarian Christian who failed before the Family Court, Malappuram against his children for arrears of maintenance on the ground that no law prescribes that a Christian would be entitled to past maintenance preferred an appeal before Kerala High Court. The Court acknowledging that there were no statutory provisions prescribing the same rooting to...

Possession by a Hindu female is a prerequisite to sustain a claim of absolute property under Section 14(1) of the 1956. M. Sivadasan (Dead) Through Lrs. & Ors v. A. Soudamini (Dead) Through Lrs. & Ors Hon’ble Justice C.T.Ravikumar & Hon’ble Justice SudhanshuDhulia Decided on 28th August, 2023 For full textclick here

No vested right could be claimed to apply the extended age of retirement retrospectively. Supreme Court dismissed the petition by the appellants, who are members of the teaching faculty in Homeopathic Medical Colleges, for enhancing their age of retirement from 55 years to 60 years by extending the benefit of the Government Order dated 14th January, 2010, which increased the retirement age of Doctors in the Medical category under the Medical Education Service from 55 years to 60 years with ret...