Inheriting property via Will? While mutation records update who pays taxes, they don't transfer ownership. Courts permit mutation for heirs...

The Karnataka High Court restored ancestral land to three brothers after an outsider, Basappa, falsely mutated his name using a common surn...

A Kerala High Court ruling clarifies that a settlement deed holds legal power over a Will. Even if children are excluded from family proper...

Daughters secured an inheritance in Kerala despite their parents' Will. The High Court ruled in their favour, granting them a share of the ...

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Delhi ruled that property received through a Hindu family settlement is not a taxable gift. The tr...

Supreme Court: A sister had to fight in multiple courts over a period of about 30 years with her brother for possession of their late fathe...

Family Settlement Agreement: Apart from Wills, Trusts and Gift Deeds, there is another way to transfer property and assets. Family Settleme...

Family agreements in India, meant to streamline wealth distribution and succession, are often causing disputes due to poorly drafted docume...

Four Kirloskar companies have appealed against SEBI's directive to disclose a family settlement deed from 2009. The companies argue this di...

Four Kirloskar companies, including Kirloskar Ferrous Industries and Kirloskar Oil Engines, are set to legally challenge SEBI's directive t...

Kirloskar Brothers Ltd (KBL) withdrew its Supreme Court appeal concerning Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd's (KOEL) non-disclosure of a 2009 famil...

Business families, particularly in India, are increasingly seeking legal counsel to amend rigid Deeds of Family Settlement (DFS) originally...

SEBI informed the Supreme Court that Kirloskar Oil and Engines (KOEL) and Kirloskar Brothers (KBL) must disclose their 2009 Deed of Family ...

Kirloskar Brothers has become the first company to disclose its promoters' entire ‘deed for family settlement’ (DFS) according to new regul...

The Madras High Court upheld the cancellation of a property registration in favor of a woman by her senior citizen mother, stating that pro...

The feud over the deed of family settlement relating to the assets of the more than 130-year Kirloskar group reached the apex court after S...

Sanjay Kirloskar has accused his family members of mala fide intent and going against the family settlement deed.