In a family, consisting of the mother and her minor children, the mother can act as manager of the joint family properties, has the same rights as the ‘karta’ under the Common (Hindu) Law to bring about alienation of the joint family properties, including the share of the minors for legal necessity or for the benefit of the estate.

Excerpt:in a family, consisting of the mother and her minor children, the mother can act as Managthe mother, as manager of the joint family properties, has the same rights as the 'karta' under the Common (Hindu) Law to bring about alienation of the joint family properties, including the share of the minors for legal necessity …

Woman Govind Shindore And Ors. vs Gopal Baburao Chakradeo And Ors

Excerpt: It is a well known canon of construction of statute that a construction which leads to results patently contrary to the purpose and intent of the enactment and which will defeat the object of the Act must be avoided.   if there are female heirs of full blood and male heirs of half-blood the …