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Bengali Hindu landlord’s Rs 1.89-crore rental income faced tax dispute over HUF status: Why ITAT Delhi gave reliefBengali Hindulandlord earns Rs 1.89 crore rental income in Delhi, reports it in his HUF’sITR; Income Tax dept rejects it on the ground that...- Sons force mother out of family home after father’s death; she loses eviction case but secures Rs 25,000 monthly maintenanceA mother driven from her family home by her sons after her husband's death has secured a monthly maintenance of Rs 25,000. The Calcutta Hig...
- Can a mother cut a son out of her Will? Kerala HC backs mother who inherited 46 cents of land from her husband and denied son a shareFather had got 46 cents of land from family partition; he gifted the land to wife; wife registers a Will excluding one son from getting a s...
- Can a Karta sell joint family property to one relative? Here’s what the law allowsThe Supreme Court upheld a Madras High Court ruling stating a Karta cannot transfer joint family property to one member without genuine nec...
- Married daughter not to get share in father's 4 acre ancestral land in this case, rules High Court; know how it impacts family successionThe Chhattisgarh High Court ruled that a married daughter is not entitled to a share in her father's ancestral land if he died before 1956....
- Uncle sold their grandfather’s 2 acre land without giving them a share, sister’s children files case, loses in Kerala High Court because of Hindu Law of SuccessionA sister's children claimed rights to their grandfather's land sold by their uncle. The Kerala High Court ruled against them. The court fou...
- Granddaughter says father and aunt denied her share in grandfather’s property; Delhi Court quotes Hindu Succession Act to reject her claimThe Delhi High Court dismissed K. Jain's plea. She sought a share in her late paternal grandfather, Mr. Pawan's property. Mr. Pawan died in...
- What is Streedhan, assets that qualify for it for a Hindu woman, and how to legally prove itAs per Hindu Succession Act, 1956, a woman has a complete right over her streedhan. She can do whatever she wants with her streedhan. Howev...
- Bangur family feud: Daughter-in-law may move contempt plea against father-in-lawEarlier, a court-mandated mediation over the assets of the Bangur family had come to naught.
- One nation one code- will the UCC make Indian families fairer?Extra-judicial divorce remains more readily available to Muslim men than to Muslim women, who access it mainly through khula, which require...
- How India's Hindu 'majority' is an outcome of Independence and constitutional processJust as Hindus had to be disciplined before they could become a “majority“, so also were Christians in the Western world.
- Estate planning industry flourishes, as India's rich try to leave a lasting legacyThere are the lessons from history being drawn - as India’s old money and new money converge - on how its richie rich manage their assets.
- Formation of HUF for tax benefit: All you want to knowAn HUF is automatically constituted after marriage. It can also be formed by partition of an existing HUF into multiple units.
- How to use HUF for as a tax planning toolThe Hindu Undivided Family structure is a great tax planning tool that can divide your tax liability and multiply the benefits. Find out ho...
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