Supreme Court of India · 2019-07-31
TALAT FATIMA HASAN THROUGH HER CONSTITUTED ATTORNEY SH. SYED MEHDI HUSAIN vs NAWAB SYED MURTAZA ALI KHAN (D) BY LRS
- Citation / case number
- SC 2002/63300
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- TALAT FATIMA HASAN THROUGH HER CONSTITUTED ATTORNEY SH. SYED MEHDI HUSAIN
- Respondent
- NAWAB SYED MURTAZA ALI KHAN (D) BY LRS
- Author
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA
- Bench
- HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK GUPTA, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIRUDDHA BOSE
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed the issue of succession to properties declared as private by erstwhile rulers in the context of the accession to India. The court ruled that such succession is governed by the personal law applicable to the ruler rather than the rules of succession related to the 'Gaddi'. This decision clarifies the legal framework surrounding the properties of former rulers post-independence.