2025 SCC Vol. 2 Part 5
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 482 — Inherent power of High Court r/w Art. 226 of the Constitution — Quashment of
Succession Act 1925
‘Section 15(1) of Hindu Succession Act an anomaly in legislation that requires rectification’; Delhi HC denies widowed daughter-in-law a share in mother-in-law’s property
The Delhi High Court said that this case is demonstrative of how S. 15(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 works against a woman.
Jurisdiction for Appeal against denial of Succession Certificate by Civil Judge lies with District Judge, not High Court: Allahabad HC
“The legislative intent in providing for an appeal before a District Judge in case of an order passed by an inferior court upon investiture of jurisdiction under Section 388 (1), is also clear from the emphasis in the language of the proviso where it states, ‘and not to the High Court’.”