Pre-Existing Maintenance Right Can Ripen into Full Ownership of Unmarried Granddaughter’s Limited Estate: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has refused to reject a partition suit filed by a 79-year-old woman, holding that her claim over a prime property at Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi raises serious legal questions that must be examined during trial. The Court made it clear that disputes involving women’s property rights under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 cannot be dismissed at the initial stage without proper adjudication. Property in dispute…