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Person accused of murder or abetting it cannot inherit victim's property: SCThe Supreme Court has delivered a significant ruling. Individuals accused of murdering or abetting the murder of another person are barred ...
Vivek Ramaswamy: The Indian who dared MAGA and still survivedVivek Ramaswamy has won the Ohio Republican primary. He is an Indian-origin American-born politician. Ramaswamy has repeatedly clashed with...
Thalapathy Vijay's wife Sangeetha Sornalingam Net Worth: TVK chief's spouse owns 3 kg of gold, properties in UK & crores in FDsSangeetha Sornalingam's Net Worth: Sangeetha Sornalingam, wife of Tamil superstar and TVK chief Thalapathy Vijay, comes from a wealthy Sri ...
West Bengal elections: Dum Dum Uttar at crossroads, poised between governance, grievance and a heavyweight TMC nomineeWest Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: Dum Dum Uttar constituency is no longer a guaranteed win for the TMC. Senior minister Chandrima Bhatta...
Ram Rajya to Sanatan Dharma: Why Lord Ram was painted greenIn contemporary discourse, the concept of Sanatan Dharma has become a battleground for political maneuvering. While it is often framed as a...
Property partition after owner’s death: A guide for legal heirs to divide assetsPartition of a property means the legal division of jointly owned property among co-owners or legal heirs, severing joint occupancy into in...
Mutation entry can’t override real ownership or inheritance rights, says Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court ruled that property mutation entries do not confer ownership or title. A property dispute involving ancestral land, a con...
Grandchildren can't claim share in grandparents’ property if parents are alive: HCThe Delhi High Court has made a significant ruling on Hindu inheritance law. It states that grandchildren cannot claim a share in their gra...
As a daughter, a wife or a mother, why you must stay up to date about your inheritance rights?A Hindu wife is a class I heir with an equal right to her deceased husband's property, while a Muslim wife without children gets a one-four...
Uttarakhand's UCC changes inheritance laws: Who is covered and how will it impact individuals living in other parts of India?Uttarakhand UCC Law: Uttarakhand became the first state in the country to pass the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). The UCC will make the uniform ...
How parents can disown the child from receiving their property, assetsThere are times when family disputes reach a point of no return. When such a situation arises, parents may want to completely cut off their...
6 situations in which you and your children lose legal right to inherit a propertyAs per the Hindu Succession Act, if a Hindu Male dies intestate (i.e. without having a will), then class-I legal heirs will have first righ...
How latest Supreme Court Judgment expands daughter's legal rights to father's propertyThe latest Supreme Court Judgement deals with the issue of the legal right of a daughter to inherit 'self-acquired' property of her father ...
Daughters to inherit fathers' self acquired, other properties, get preference over others: SCJustice Murari, writing the 51-page judgment for the bench, also dealt with the question of whether such property will devolve on to the da...
Are you a Hindu woman with money of your own? Here's why you should leave a WillThe best part about making a Will is that only the woman gets to choose who will enjoy the benefit of her assets after her demise. Even mor...
Who has the right over a woman’s property after she dies?Section 14 of Hindu Succession Act describes what constitutes a woman’s property, owned and acquired by her. It does not distinguish betwee...
Why Hindu inheritance law still suffers from gender bias?Besides the lag in the implementation of the 2005 amendment, the Hindu inheritance law is in need of further changes for it to be rid of th...