https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187155 The Proclamation governing the Cochin royal family required nomination of five trustees with fair representation of the four main thavashies; seniority was not mandatory, and the Board remained validly constituted despite an earlier misdescription. The Kerala Joint Hindu Family System (Abolition) Act, 1975 did not displace the special 1961 regime, but the 1976 abolition statute applied so that the family stood divided in status on 1-12-1976. The 1978 amendment was treated as preserving the existing partition framework and the Board's completed work, while final partition had to respect objections, representations and a fair hearing before completion. en-us Thu, 27 Mar 1980 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:11:55 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187155 The Proclamation governing the Cochin royal family required nomination of five trustees with fair representation of the four main thavashies; seniority was not mandatory, and the Board remained validly constituted despite an earlier misdescription. The Kerala Joint Hindu Family System (Abolition) Act, 1975 did not displace the special 1961 regime, but the 1976 abolition statute applied so that the family stood divided in status on 1-12-1976. The 1978 amendment was treated as preserving the existing partition framework and the Board's completed work, while final partition had to respect objections, representations and a fair hearing before completion. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 27 Mar 1980 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187155