The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 [“the Act”] governs the intestate succession and applies to any person who is Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, or Sikh by religion or to any other person who is not a Muslim, Christian, Parsi or Jew by religion. An “intestate” refers to a person who has died without making a will, indicating… Continue reading Discriminatory devolution of property under Hindu Succession Act, 1956
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Scope of Judicial intervention at reference stage | Arbitration
The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1940 equipped courts with unbridled powers to supervise the arbitration proceedings inviting the ire of litigants who, in the search of an alternative forum, seeking speedy resolution of their disputes, found themselves in the conundrum of endless judicial interference in the realm of arbitratio