How does hindu law decide who inherits?
A man who stays married while living with a partner leaves the partner with no claim under Indian succession law. Ancestral property left unpartitioned in revenue records cannot be sold, kept up or saved until every branch agrees.
- Stories
- 17
- Years
- 1518 to 2020
- Main regions
- South Asia
- Main subjects
- India and South Asia, Fame and fortune, Great houses
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Every hindu law story, newest first
- 2020An unmarried Delhi man froze his sperm before chemotherapy, a court ruled it was property his parents inherit, and the government appealedscconline.com and 3 more
- 2016Jayalalithaa left no will; a court gave her house to her niece and nephew, and the state took 21 kilos of her goldLiveLaw and 4 more
- 2012Rajesh Khanna's live-in partner sued his widow and daughters for 14 years, and his bungalow was sold for Rs 90 crore and torn downThe Times of India and 5 more
- 2003Dayanidhi Maran alleged his brother took control of Sun TV while their father was in a coma, then withdrew the notice two months laternsearchives.nseindia.com and 2 more
- 2001Nepal's crown prince shot dead the king, the queen and seven relatives, and was king for three days while in a comaBBC News and 3 more
- 2001Gwalior's Rajmata disinherited her son and barred him from her last rites; the Scindia property fight ran 40 yearstheprint.in and 2 more
- 1999Vineeta Sharma's father died in 1999 and the Delhi courts said she was too late to share the family property; the Supreme Court made every Hindu daughter a co-owner by birthapi.sci.gov.in and 3 more
- 1991Travancore's last ruler died in 1991, the Kerala High Court said his brother could not inherit the temple's management, and the Supreme Court gave the family controlLiveLaw and 1 more
- 1989Faridkot's Maharaja lost his only son, and a will read three days after his death gave his forts and palaces to a trust run by his staffLiveLaw and 5 more
- 1987Four families held Tirumala's priesthood by birth and kept the temple jewels in turns; Andhra Pradesh abolished the inheritance in 1987LiveLaw and 5 more
- 1987Kishore Kumar's nephew agreed to sell his childhood home for Rs 14 crore, his son published a legal notice to stop it, and the house became a ruintheweek.in and 3 more
- 1984A Maharana's will gave Udaipur's City Palace to his younger son, and 41 years later the heirs threw stones at its gatesmorungexpress.com and 7 more
- 1948Jinnah left his Bombay house to his sister; India took it as evacuee property, and his daughter died with her claim still pendingthequint.com and 3 more
- 1909A Bengal prince was cremated in 1909, a holy man claimed to be him, and the Privy Council confirmed it in 1946; he died two days laterCaseMine and 3 more
- 1853The East India Company refused the Raja of Jhansi's deathbed adoption, took the state, and kept the boy's inheritance in trust for goodcbkwgl.wordpress.com and 3 more
- 1842A Bellary liquor contractor died without a will, his brother claimed the estate as a Hindu joint family, and the Privy Council asked how the family livedassets.cambridge.org and 2 more
- 1518Tradition says Hindus and Muslims fought over Kabir's body and found only flowers under the sheetsknagar.nic.in and 2 more