Kerala HC Clarifies : Judgment On Joint Family Abolition Act's Repugnancy With Hindu Succession Act Applies Only In Mitakshara Law Cases

The Kerala High Court recently passed an interim order correcting its judgment on succession under Hindu law, wherein it was held that Sections 3 and 4 of the Kerala Joint Hindu Family System (Abolition) Act 1975 are repugnant to Section 6 of the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005.The Court observed that it mainly dealt with the case governed by Mitakshara Law while pronouncing the...