Succession Act- Married Women- Parental Side Can Not be Held Stranger- Covered Under the Definition of Heirs

Court
Supreme Court of India
Appellant
Khushi ram & Ors.
Respondent
Nawal Singh 7 Ors.
judge name
Ashok Bhushan & R. subhash Reddy, JJ.
Case_no
Civil Appeal No. 5167 of 2010
Dated
2021-02-22
Headnote
section 15 (1) (d) shows that heirs of the father are covered in heirs, who could succeed- Wen heirs of father of female are included as person who can possibely succeed, it can not be held that they are strangers and not members of family qua female- Therefore, nephews/brother's son not strangers to family.