Excerpt: Karnataka High Court Mallappa Fakirappa Sanna ... vs Shivappa And Anr. on 4 December, 1961 Equivalent citations: AIR 1962 Kant 140, AIR 1962 Mys 140 Author: Sadasivayya Bench: M Sadasivayya, A A Khan JUDGMENT Sadasivayya, J. (1) This Regular Appeal is against the judgment and decree in Special Civil Suit No. 41/54 on the … Continue reading A ‘step-son’ is not entitled as ‘son’ to inherit, to his stepmother as one of the heirs under this Entry. But he can succeed to her property as an heir of her husband under Entry (b)”.
The plain and natural implication of the words “son or daughter of the deceased” is that the son or the daughter should be hers, even though she might have married once or more than once and may have, thus, given birth to children from these marriages, the reason being that these off-springs are capable of establishing their blood relation to the female Hindu as a son or a daughter.
Excerpt: The plain and natural implication of the words "son or daughter of the deceased" is that the son or the daughter should be hers, even though she might have married once or more than once and may have, thus, given birth to children from these marriages, the reason being that these off-springs are capable … Continue reading The plain and natural implication of the words “son or daughter of the deceased” is that the son or the daughter should be hers, even though she might have married once or more than once and may have, thus, given birth to children from these marriages, the reason being that these off-springs are capable of establishing their blood relation to the female Hindu as a son or a daughter.
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