https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184593 Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 was held to operate only where succession opened after the Act commenced, because its language and scheme, read with Section 6, indicate prospective application and not retrospective governance of estates of a male Hindu who died earlier. Section 14(1) was held to enlarge only a pre-existing limited estate held by a female Hindu; it does not create title from mere possession or validate unlawful occupation. On that footing, possession without any legally cognisable title did not convert into full ownership, and the challenge to execution failed. en-us Thu, 18 Nov 1965 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:26:34 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184593 Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 was held to operate only where succession opened after the Act commenced, because its language and scheme, read with Section 6, indicate prospective application and not retrospective governance of estates of a male Hindu who died earlier. Section 14(1) was held to enlarge only a pre-existing limited estate held by a female Hindu; it does not create title from mere possession or validate unlawful occupation. On that footing, possession without any legally cognisable title did not convert into full ownership, and the challenge to execution failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 18 Nov 1965 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184593