Supreme Court of India · 2022-09-19
Mrs. Ethel Lourdes Dsouza Lobo vs Lucio Neville Jude De Souza .
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Mrs. Ethel Lourdes Dsouza Lobo
- Respondent
- Lucio Neville Jude De Souza .
- Author
- S. Ravindra Bhat
- Bench
- Chief Justice, Ajay Rastogi, S. Ravindra Bhat
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed the appeals concerning inventory proceedings initiated for the partition of an estate following the death of Lt. Guilherme Caetano Souza and his wife. The court examined the applicability of the Portuguese Civil Procedure Code in the context of the estate's partition and the rights of the heirs involved. Ultimately, the court upheld the decisions of the Bombay High Court, affirming the procedural validity of the inventory proceedings.