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Electricity essential for 'dignified life', rules Calcutta High Court in disputed property case

September 01, 2026 12:19 pm

Restoring power to occupants of a disputed property, the Calcutta High Court said electricity is essential for a civilised life, but added that it gave them no right to stay on the premises.

'Criminal law can't be weapon in civil claims': Karnataka High Court cancels property case

July 27, 2026 2:33 pm

The Karnataka High Court made the observation in a cheating case filed by a woman residing in Singapore against her 73-year-old mother over her father's properties.

Andhra Pradesh High Court backs man’s property claim 63 years after he was adopted

July 22, 2026 5:40 pm

The man alleged that after his adoptive father’s death, his adoptive mother became hostile towards him and joined hands with relatives to create documents and put forth claims affecting the ancestral properties.

A former strongman MLA, 2 'wives' and 10-year battle for assets in Porbandar

July 13, 2026 10:17 pm

Former MLA Bhura Munja Jadeja’s second wife files a complaint a decade after his death to reclaim 13 properties from a woman who claims to be his wife.

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Tenant uses ‘fake letter’ to claim IAS officer’s property, court refuses to cancel forgery case

July 13, 2026 3:10 pm

The Allahabad High Court rejected the petitioner's claim that the investigation was influenced because the complainant is an IAS officer and his wife is an IPS officer.

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Senior citizens can reclaim house from daughter-in-law: Karnataka High Court

July 08, 2026 8:59 pm

The Supreme Court has held that the remedy available under the Senior Citizens Act cannot be rendered illusory just because a daughter-in-law claims residence rights under the Domestic Violence Act.

‘Grave and serious issue’: Bombay High Court directs police probe into 'forged' orders

June 23, 2026 3:21 pm

After a man discovered that adverse orders were passed against him in a family estate dispute, his legal team alleged that his former lawyer sent him forged documents.

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Family courts can't decide marital status disputes after spouse's death, rules Kerala High Court

June 22, 2026 6:55 pm

The Kerala High Court was hearing an appeal filed by a 60-year-old woman against an order of a family court, seeking to establish herself as the legal wife of a dead man claiming share in his property.

Excluding wife, kids does not invalidate Will, says Supreme Court: Why ‘natural heirs’ can’t claim property by default

May 25, 2026 10:16 am

The dispute before the Supreme Court concerned agricultural and ancestral properties situated in Brahmavar and Chanthar villages in Karnataka’s Udupi district.