https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183392 Sheitbaitship was treated as a proprietary right capable of succession under the Hindu Women's Rights to Property Act, 1937, because it carries a beneficial interest in debutter property and the Act did not indicate any exclusion of that right. The widow was therefore entitled to succeed to the shebaitship. The deed of endowment also did not exclude her, as the words "heirs of the said Mrityunjoy" were construed as words of devolution and the proviso was only contingent on a failure of issue, which did not occur since he left a son. The widow was thus entitled to joint shebaitship with the son, and the appeal was allowed in material part. en-us Thu, 03 May 1951 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 13:19:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183392 Sheitbaitship was treated as a proprietary right capable of succession under the Hindu Women's Rights to Property Act, 1937, because it carries a beneficial interest in debutter property and the Act did not indicate any exclusion of that right. The widow was therefore entitled to succeed to the shebaitship. The deed of endowment also did not exclude her, as the words "heirs of the said Mrityunjoy" were construed as words of devolution and the proviso was only contingent on a failure of issue, which did not occur since he left a son. The widow was thus entitled to joint shebaitship with the son, and the appeal was allowed in material part. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 03 May 1951 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183392