https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272657 A talukdar's will is treated as passing the whole interest to widows where it contains no language restricting the gift to a life estate, so the bequests are not cut down on that basis. The discussion also notes that a testamentary gift to heirs under Sunni Hanafi law can be supported by heir consent, and that consent cured the objection raised here. On Oudh talukdari succession, the amended Estates Act prevails over inconsistent sanad terms, so succession is determined under the statutory scheme rather than the original sanad. A claimant tracing descent through a female does not qualify as a male agnate under that scheme. en-us Tue, 26 Jun 1934 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 10 May 2018 18:42:49 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272657 A talukdar's will is treated as passing the whole interest to widows where it contains no language restricting the gift to a life estate, so the bequests are not cut down on that basis. The discussion also notes that a testamentary gift to heirs under Sunni Hanafi law can be supported by heir consent, and that consent cured the objection raised here. On Oudh talukdari succession, the amended Estates Act prevails over inconsistent sanad terms, so succession is determined under the statutory scheme rather than the original sanad. A claimant tracing descent through a female does not qualify as a male agnate under that scheme. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 26 Jun 1934 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272657