ATMA SINGH vs GURMEJ KAUR (D) AND ORS. — C.A. No. 11094/2017
Case under Section IV. Status: Disposed.
CNR: SCIN010174262012
Filing Date
16-May-2012
Registration No
C.A. No. 11094/2017
Diary Number
17426/2012
Order Date
13-Sep-2017
Document Type
ROP - of Main Case
Neutral Citation
2017 INSC 901
Disposal Type
Dismissed
Last updated 06-Jul-2026
Acts & Sections
Petitioner(s)
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1.ATMA SINGH
Adv. AMBREESH KUMAR AGGARWAL
Respondent(s)
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1.GURMEJ KAUR (D) AND ORS.
Adv. JASMINE DAMKEWALA NIDHI
Case History
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Case disposedDisposed
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13-Sep-2017
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13-Sep-2017
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13-Sep-2017
After Week/Month/Vacation
Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sikri and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan
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28-Aug-2017
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28-Jul-2017
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28-Jul-2017
First hearing
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05-Oct-2016
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05-Oct-2016
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05-Oct-2016
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26-Aug-2016
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26-Aug-2016
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26-Aug-2016
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05-Jul-2016
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29-Apr-2016
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29-Apr-2016
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29-Apr-2016
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09-Mar-2016
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09-Mar-2016
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09-Mar-2016
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22-Jan-2016
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22-Jan-2016
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22-Jan-2016
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05-Nov-2015
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05-Nov-2015
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19-Aug-2015
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19-Aug-2015
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19-Aug-2015
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30-Apr-2015
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30-Apr-2015
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20-Feb-2015
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20-Feb-2015
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08-Dec-2014
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19-Sep-2014
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19-Sep-2014
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17-Jul-2014
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17-Jul-2014
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25-Mar-2014
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21-Feb-2014
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08-Jan-2014
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26-Aug-2013
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15-Jul-2013
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15-Apr-2013
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08-Jan-2013
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05-Nov-2012
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16-May-2012
Case filed
Registration No. C.A. No. 11094/2017
Case Summary: Atma Singh v. Gurmej Kaur (2017) Outcome: The Supreme Court dismissed Atma Singh's appeal on September 13, 2017, upholding the lower courts' decisions. Gurmej Kaur's right to inherit her son Pal Singh's estate was confirmed. Key Issue: Whether a widow who remarries loses her right to inherit her son's property under the Hindu Widow's Re-Marriage Act, 1856, or whether the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 overrides this restriction. Court's Holding: A remarried widow cannot be divested of her inheritance rights as a *mother* to her son's estate. Section 2 of the 1856 Act only strips rights in the deceased *husband's* property and his lineal descendants—not rights arising from the mother-child relationship. The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (specifically Section 8, Schedule Class I) governs succession of Pal Singh's property, making the mother the primary heir regardless of remarriage. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.
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