PYARE LAL vs MANI RAM .

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