Question 176
Legal Reasoning
2008
Medium
MCQ
+1.00 marks · -0.25 negative
PRINCIPLES:
(1) On the death of husband, the widow shall inherit the property of her deceased husband along with children equally.
(2) A widow cannot claim the property of the deceased if on the date when the question of succession opens, she has re-married.
(3) A female acquiring property in any way has the absolute title to the property.
Apply the above three principles and decide the case of the following fact situations:
FACTS: When Sudhir died, he had 1/3rd share of the family property, which the three brothers Rudhir, Sudhir and Yasu inherited from their father, B. Sudhir died on September 23rd, 2006 without having any issue. The widow of Sudhir, Ms. Win re-married on January 1, 2007. Rudhir and Yasu refused 'Win' the share from Sudhir's portion when Win claimed the entire property belonging to Sudhir on January 30, 2007. Select your decision from the possible decisions given in list 1 and the appropriate reason from the indicated reasons given in list II given below:
List I - Decisions:
(a) Win cannot inherit the property of Sudhir.
(b) Win can inherit the property of Sudhir.
List II - Reasons:
i. Win does not belong to the family.
ii. Win was re-married.
iii. Her claim was on the date of sudhir's death.
iv. Her claim was submitted after she was re-married.
Your decision and reason. Shade the right decision with reason from the following
Click an option to submit your answer.