Bharat Chugh

Category: Hindu Succession Law

Family Law, Hindu Succession Law, Law Reform, Property Law, social justice

August 12, 2020

Judgments without Tears | Part 1 | ‘Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma’ | Supreme Court on Daughter’s Coparcenary Rights.

This is the first in a series of posts titled ‘Judgments without tears’ where we try to make complex judgments accessible and fun. Let me try unpacking Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma delivered on 11.08.2020. A 122 page judgment and certainly not the easiest to read. But this is an important judgment and a progressive…
Hindu Succession Law, Property Law

April 3, 2012

Presumption as to Joint Family Property – continuing Joint and not seperate

In This case – the court held two very fundamental principles which are of seminal importance in partition cases – i) if joint family’s existence is shown – some property/nucleas is shown ii) It is presumed that joint family goes on/continues iii) Some properties brought by Karta in his name iv) Onus on Karta if…