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This document summarizes a Supreme Court of India case regarding the applicability of Section 22 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 which gives preferential rights to heirs to acquire property of a deceased Hindu. The key points are:
1) The case involves a dispute over agricultural land inherited by two brothers where one brother transferred his share to a third party. The other brother claimed preferential rights under Section 22.
2) The Supreme Court examined whether Section 22 applies to agricultural land. Prior case law had held the central legislature could not regulate succession to agricultural land, which was a state subject.
3) The Court referred to a 1941 Federal Court ruling which found the central law aimed to improve Hindu widows' rights to
This document summarizes a Supreme Court of India case regarding the applicability of Section 22 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 which gives preferential rights to heirs to acquire propert…