In its affidavit before the Karnataka high court, which is likely to hear the petition filed by Krishna Prasad, Arun Shourie, N.Ram and Prashant Bhushan, the Centre appears to have got its facts wrong, let alone its contentions.
When is a daughter legal heir of her parent s assets and when she is not?
In legal parlance, there is a difference in the definitions of ancestral property, coparcenary property and Joint Hindu Family property.
Synopsis
The Supreme Court in its judgement gave equal rights to daughters as sons. Would it mean that under no circumstances can a daughter be denied her legal right over her parents assets? ET Online spoke to legal experts and here s what we found out about the judgement. A son is a son until he gets a wife. A daughter is a daughter throughout her life. this is what Justice Arun Mishra said as he pronounced the landmark judgment that provides daughters an equal share in the joint family property under the Hindu Succession Act.
Why Is it So Hard to Fill up the Judicial Vacancies in Our Courts?
The powers that be do not want an independent judiciary but should we let this happen? Is it in our interest to have a supine or subservient judiciary? I donât think so.
Supreme Court of India. Photo: Pinakpani/CC BY-SA 4.0
This is the first article in a two-part series on issues plaguing India’s judicial system.
The Chief Justice of India has two options before him: (1) Take revolutionary steps with revolutionary fervour to remedy the malaise afflicting our justice delivery system, or (2) Be ready to light its funeral pyre.
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Supreme Court on Friday posed a question as to which authority should it refer the applications seeking registration vehicles to. A three-judge Bench of CJI Bobde, Justice Bopanna and Justice.