Hindu Succession Act, 1956

Act No. 30 of 1956 In force from 17-06-1956 Ministry of Law and Justice 31 sections

An Act to amend and codify the law relating to intestate succession among Hindus.

149 Supreme Court judgments considering this law. Search within these.

• Bhanwar Singh v. Puran and Ors.
  2008 INSC 17912 February 2008Dismissed
• Santhosh and Ors. v. Saraswathibai and Anr.
  2007 INSC 116820 November 2007Dismissed
• Basanti Devi v. Raviprakash Ramprasad Jaiswal
  2007 INSC 108012 October 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Smt. Ass Kaur (Deceased) by L.Rs. v. Kartar Singh (Dead) by L.Rs. and Ors.
  2007 INSC 65418 May 2007Dismissed
• Suraj Bhan and Ors. v. Financial Commissioner and Ors.
  2007 INSC 42416 April 2007Disposed of
• Chintamani Ammal v. Nandagopal Gounder and Anr.
  2007 INSC 17020 February 2007Dismissed
• Chandrika Singh (Dead) by Lrs. and Anr. v. Sarjug Singh and Anr.
  2006 INSC 93330 November 2006Appeal(s) allowed
• M/S Bay Berry Apartments Pvt. Ltd. and Anr. v. Shobha and Ors.
  2006 INSC 74019 October 2006
• Sheela Devi and Ors. v. Lal Chand and Anr.
  2006 INSC 68029 September 2006Partly allowed
• Anar Devi and Ors. v. Parmeshwari Devi and Ors.
  2006 INSC 62818 September 2006Appeal(s) allowed
• Sadhu Singh v. Gurdwara Sahib Narike and Ors.
  2006 INSC 5868 September 2006Appeal(s) allowed
• Dyaneshwar Ramachandra Rao Patange v. Bhagirathibai
  2006 INSC 51918 August 2006Appeal(s) allowed
• The Government of Andhra Pradesh and Ors. v. M. Krishna Veni and Ors.
  2006 INSC 50711 August 2006Disposed of
• Saroop Singh v. Banto and Ors.
  2005 INSC 5007 October 2005Dismissed
• T.N. Rajasekar v. N. Kasiviswanathan and Ors.
  2005 INSC 32128 July 2005Disposed of
• Vellikannu v. R. Singaperumal and Anr.
  2005 INSC 2676 May 2005Dismissed
• Shanmughasundaram and Ors. v. Diravia Nadar (D) by Lrs. and Anr.
  2005 INSC 13311 March 2005Dismissed
• P.S. Sairam and Anr. v. P.S. Rama Rao Pisey and Ors.
  2004 INSC 824 February 2004Partly allowed
• Ram Chandra Singh v. Savitri Devi and Ors.
  2003 INSC 5379 October 2003Appeal(s) allowed
• V. Dandapani Chettiar v. Balasubramanian Chettiar (Dead) by Lrs and Ors.
  2003 INSC 3808 August 2003Appeal(s) allowed
• V. Muthusami (Dead) by Lrs v. Angammal and Ors.
  2002 INSC 10126 February 2002Appeal(s) allowed
• Mauleshwar Mani and Ors. v. Jagdish Prasad and Ors.
  2002 INSC 4323 January 2002Appeal(s) allowed
• Bhagat Ram (D) by Lrs. v. Teja Singh (D) by Lrs.
  2001 INSC 5616 November 2001Appeal(s) allowed
• The Brahma Vart Sanatan v. Kanhyalal Bagla and Others
  2001 INSC 45825 September 2001Appeal(s) allowed
• Muninanjappa and Ors. v. R. Manual and Anr.
  2001 INSC 20411 April 2001Appeal allowed.
• Balwant Kaur and Anr . v. Chanan Singh and Ors.
  2000 INSC 22518 April 2000Appeal(s) allowed
• Padmja Sharma v. Ratan Lal Sharma
  2000 INSC 16028 March 2000Partly allowed
• Moolchand v. Kedar (Deceased) by Lrs. and Ors.
  2000 INSC 3528 January 2000Dismissed
• Rameshw Ari Devi v. State of Bihar
  2000 INSC 3127 January 2000Dismissed
• Velamuri Venkata Sivaprasad (Dead) by L.Rs. v. Kothuri Venkateswarlu (Dead) by L.Rs. and Ors.
  1999 INSC 52824 November 1999Appeal(s) allowed
• Naresh Kumari (Dead) by Lrs. and Another v. Shakshi Lal (Dead) by Lrs. and Another
  1999 INSC 465 February 1999Dismissed
• Raghubir Singh and Ors. v. Gulab Singh and Ors.
  1998 INSC 25014 July 1998Appeal(s) allowed
• Seethalakshmi Ammal v. Muthuvenkatarama Iyengar and Anr.
  1998 INSC 1733 April 1998Allowed
• A.G. Varadarajulu and Anr. v. State of Tamil Nadu and Ors.
  1998 INSC 15023 March 1998Dismissed
• Vankamamidl Venkata Subba Rao v. Chatlapalli Seetharamaratna Ranganayakamma
  1997 INSC 3562 April 1997Appeal(s) allowed
• Ahmedabad Women Action Group and Ors. Etc. v. Union of India
  1997 INSC 18524 February 1997Dismissed
• The Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, Lucknow v. Maharani Raj Laxmi Devi
  1997 INSC 13511 February 1997Appeal(s) allowed
• K. v. Muthu v. Angamuthu Ammal
  1996 INSC 149417 December 1996Dismissed
• Patel Bhudarbhai Maganbhai and Anr. v. Patel Khemabhai Ambaram and Ors.
  1996 INSC 147111 December 1996Dismissed
• Bhoomireddy Chenna Reddy and Anr. v. Bhoospalli Pedda Verrappa (Dead) by Lrs. and Anr.
  1996 INSC 140628 November 1996Dismissed