Supreme Court of India · 2006-05-12
BHOGADI KANNABABU vs VUGGINA PYDAMMA .
- Citation / case number
- SC 2003/14897
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- BHOGADI KANNABABU
- Respondent
- VUGGINA PYDAMMA .
- Author
- TARUN CHATTERJEE
- Bench
- TARUN CHATTERJEE ARIJIT PASAYAT
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed the issue of property succession under the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Tenancy Act, 1956, determining that Pydamma, the second wife of Vuggina Suryanarayana, could not claim rights to the properties due to the invalidity of her marriage, which occurred during the subsistence of Suryanarayana's first marriage. The Court held that the appellants, being the nephews of Suryanarayana and in possession of the properties, were the rightful heirs and that the eviction petition filed by Pydamma was not maintainable. Consequently, the Court upheld the appellate authority's decision in favor of the appellants, reversing the eviction order.