Major Ruling Delivered in Family Dispute Over Kapurthala Royal Property Succession Rights: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has delivered a major judgment on inheritance rights of former royal families and ruled that the rule of primogeniture cannot apply to private properties of ex-rulers. The Court clarified that private properties of former rulers will now devolve according to personal succession laws such as Hindu Law or Muslim Law and not by giving exclusive rights to the eldest male heir. The judgment was delivered by a…