| COURT: | Supreme Court |
| CORAM: | Kurian Joseph J, Rohinton Fali Nariman J. |
| SECTION(S): | Hindu Law |
| GENRE: | Other Laws |
| CATCH WORDS: | ancestral property, HUF |
| COUNSEL: | Sushil Kumar Jain |
| DATE: | March 2, 2016 (Date of pronouncement) |
| DATE: | April 18, 2016 (Date of publication) |
| AY: | - |
| FILE: | Click here to view full post with file download link |
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| Important law on concept of "ancestral property" under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 and the formation of a HUF by the surviving members of the deceased explained | |
On a conjoint reading of Sections 4, 8 and 19 of the Act, after joint family property has been distributed in accordance with section 8 on principles of intestacy, the joint family property ceases to be joint family property in the hands of the various persons who have succeeded to it as they hold the property as tenants in common and not as joint tenants
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