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PETITIONER:

BHAIYA RAMANUJ PRATAP DEO

Vs.

RESPONDENT:

LALU MAHESHANUJ PRATAP DEO & ORS. AND VICE VERSA

DATE OF JUDGMENT26/08/1981

BENCH:

MISRA, R.B. (J)

BENCH:

MISRA, R.B. (J)

DESAI, D.A.

KOSHAL, A.D.

CITATION:

1981 AIR 1937 1982 SCR (1) 417

1981 SCALE (3)1425

CITATOR INFO :

R 1982 SC 887 (20,22)

R 1988 SC 247 (20)

ACT:

Hindu Succession Act, 1956, sections 4 and 6, scope of-

Whether the provisions of section 6 overrides the customary

Rule of primogeniture Bihar Land Reforms Act, section 6,

applicability of-Chota Nagpur Encumbered Estates Act, 1876,

section 12A, conditions to be fulfilled-Indian Registration

Act, sections 17 and 49, evidentially value of unregistered

documents of.

HEADNOTE:

Bhaiya Rudra Pratap Deo was the holder of an impartible

estate, known as Nagaruntari estate, in the district of

Palamau. The succession to the estate was governed by the

rule of lineal primogeniture. Under the said rule the eldest

male member of the eldest line was to succeed to the estate

while the junior members were entitled only to maintenance

grants subject t