NAGENDRA PRASAD vs KEMPANANJAMMA

The Supreme Court interpreted Clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 8 of the Hindu Law Women’s Rights Act, 1933, which provides that when joint family property passes to a sole surviving male heir, female relatives entitled to maintenance can claim a share. The Court held that there is no need to assume a partition between the penultimate coparcener and the sole survivor for the application of Clause (d). The judgment affirmed the rights of female relatives, including grandmothers, to share in the property, thereby upholding the trial court's decree and the High Court's decision.