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In which case did the Court reject a daughter-in-law’s claim to her father-in-law’s estate through her…

In Vellikannu v R. Singaperumal, the Court rejected the murderer son’s wife’s claim through him to the murdered father’s estate. Sections 25 and 27 exclude the murderer and…

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In which case did the Court reject a daughter-in-law’s claim to her father-in-law’s estate through her husband because the husband had murdered his father?

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In Vellikannu v R. Singaperumal, the Court rejected the murderer son’s wife’s claim through him to the murdered father’s estate. Sections 25 and 27 exclude the murderer and prevent his being a fresh stock of descent for that claim. The holding is about the asserted derivative claim, not a general forfeiture of a woman’s independently owned property.

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