AP High Court Rules: Husband Has No Claim on Wife's Property; Returns to Parental Heirs if Childless
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AP High Court: Husband Has No Right to Wife's Inherited Property if No Children
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News18•02-04-2026, 06:44
AP High Court: Husband Has No Right to Wife's Inherited Property if No Children
•Andhra Pradesh High Court rules husband has no right to wife's property inherited from her parents if she dies without issue.
•Justice Tarlada Rajasekhara Rao analyzed Section 15 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, in a landmark judgment.
•Case involved a gift deed cancellation: Sriviritha inherited property from her grandmother, died without children, and her husband challenged the cancellation.
•Court clarified that under Section 15(2)(a), such property reverts to the wife's father's legal heirs, not the husband or his heirs.
•The verdict emphasizes blood relations and the origin of the property, directing the Tahsildar to register the property in the petitioner's name.
