Pyare Lal & Ors vs Mani Ram & Ors

The Supreme Court addressed the issue of succession rights under Section 253 of the Quanoon Mal Riyasat Gwalior, Samvat 1983, determining whether the sister's sons or the descendants of the great grandfather of the deceased, Harbilas, are entitled to inherit his agricultural land. The Court held that the interpretation of clause (9) of Section 253, which allows for the nearest blood relation within three generations to inherit, applies to the descendants of the great grandfather, affirming the lower courts' decisions in favor of the appellants. Consequently, the appeal by the sister's sons was dismissed, upholding the rights of the descendants of Harbilas's great grandfather to the property.