Search Results for Tag : Karta

Judgments

Women can be ‘karta’ of Hindu Undivided Family(22.12.2015)

Eldest co-parcener, even if a woman, can be ‘karta’ of a Hindu Undivided Family. The Delhi High Court noted that Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act.....

Tags : Co-parcener, eldest daughter, karta, huf

News

SC: No Presumption That Business Run by Karta in Tenented Premise is Joint Family Asset(08.04.2021)

Supreme Court has held that just because a business was run by a karta of a Hindu Undivided Family in a tenented premise, there is no presumption that.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Business Run by Karta

SC: Coparcener Has No Right To Challenge Sale Made By Karta To Meet Legal Necessity(24.08.2018)

While dismissing a suit filed by son against his father, the Supreme Court has observed that no coparcener has a right to challenge the sale made by t.....

Tags : Supreme Court, co-coparcener, karta

Delhi HC Rules, “Woman Can Be Karta of a Family”(01.02.2016)

Delhi High Court has ruled in a landmark verdict that the eldest female member of a family can be its "Karta".

Tags : Delhi High Court , Karta

Bombay High Court: In Absence of Karta, Any Member of Family May Prosecute Suit(20.01.2020)

Bombay High Court has held that where a Karta has not been appointed, any member of the Hindu Undivided Family may represent the family in the capacit.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Prosecution of Suit in Absence of Karta

Del. HC: Woman Can be 'Karta' of HUF(08.12.2023)

Delhi High Court has held that to say that a woman can be a coparcener but not a Karta of Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) would be giving an interpretati.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Woman, Karta, Hindu Undivided Family

SC: Properties Acquired by Karta are Presumed to be Joint Hindu Family Assets unless Proven Otherwise(06.02.2026)

The court said that “Where acquisitions are made during the subsistence of the joint family, and where ancestral properties yielding income are shown .....

Tags : Karta, Joint Hindu Family, Acquired

Supreme Court: Co-Heir Cannot Sell Other Heirs' Shares as Karta After Intestate Succession(02.06.2026)

Supreme Court held that heirs inheriting property through intestate succession under the Hindu Succession Act hold definite shares as tenants-in-commo.....

Tags : Heir; Shares; Karta