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PETITIONER: [IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA (HYDERABAD).]KAPORE CHAND
Vs.
RESPONDENT: KADAR UNNISA BEGUM AND OTHERS
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 12/10/1950
BENCH: SIDDIQUI KHALILUZZAMAN J. BENCH: SIDDIQUI KHALILUZZAMAN J. MAHAJAN, MEHR CHAND NAIK R.S.
CITATION: 1953 AIR 413 1950 SCR 747
ACT: Muhammadan Law--Dower--Widow in possession of husband’s estate in lieu of dower--Whether entitled to priority OVer creditors-Nature of widow’s lien for dower.
HEADNOTE: A Muhammadan widow in possession of her husband’s estate in lieu of her claim for dower with the consent of the other heirs or otherwise is not entitled to priority as against his other unsecured creditors. There is nothing inherent in the very nature of dower which entitles it to priority. 748 Ameer Ammal v. Sankaranarayana Chetty (I.L.R. 25 Mad 658), Meet Meher Ally v. Mst. Areanee (11 W.R. 212), Maina Bibi v. Wasi Ahmad (I.L.R 41 All. 558), Hamira Bibi v. Zubaida- Bibi (A.I.R. 1916 P.C. 46), Imtiaz Begum v. Abdul Karim Khan (A.I.R. 1930 All. 881) referred Kulsum Bibi v. Shiam Sunder Lal (A.I.R. 1936 All. 600), Mst. Ghafooran v. Ram Chandra Das (A.I.R. 1934 All. 168), Mohamed Turabuddin v. Yasin Beeum (17 D.L.R. 224)disap- proved. Maina Bibi, v. Chaudhri Vakil Abroad (52 I.A. 145) ex- plained.
JUDGMENT: APPEAL from a judgment of the High Court of Hyderabad under article 374 (4) of the Con...