Prudeta
Prudeta
2026 INSC 698
📌 Paras 2-3
The plaintiff and defendants, siblings, inherited agricultural land as Class-I heirs. The defendants sold their shares to a third party. The plaintiff filed a suit under Section 22 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (HSA) challenging the alienation. The Civil Court dismissed the suit, relying on Atam Prakash v. State of Haryana, which declared Section 15 of the Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1913, unconstitutional. The First Appellate Court and the High Court reversed this, holding that Section 22 HSA was applicable to agricultural land, citing Babu Ram v. Santokh Singh.
📌 Para 2
Whether Section 22 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, applies to agricultural land.
📌 Paras 4.1-4.2, 5-14
The Cour
The bench further analyzed the constitutional validity of the impugned provisions and discussed the interpretation of Articles 14 and 21 in light of recent precedents...
Citing the ratio in prior decisions, the court held that the legislative intent was to ensure...
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