https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275588 A Hindu father may make a valid gift of a reasonable portion of ancestral property to a daughter as marriage portion, and a small gift made after marriage was held valid and binding. Insurance proceeds were treated as the deceased's separate property, because the claim that premiums came from joint family funds was not proved and the nomination in favour of the widow supported separate ownership; the mother had no entitlement. Under Explanation 1 to Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, the deceased coparcener's notional share is fixed as on a partition immediately before death and is not reduced by a later gift. Mesne profits and proportionate costs were also held payable. en-us Wed, 05 Sep 1962 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 09 Oct 2018 12:14:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275588 A Hindu father may make a valid gift of a reasonable portion of ancestral property to a daughter as marriage portion, and a small gift made after marriage was held valid and binding. Insurance proceeds were treated as the deceased's separate property, because the claim that premiums came from joint family funds was not proved and the nomination in favour of the widow supported separate ownership; the mother had no entitlement. Under Explanation 1 to Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, the deceased coparcener's notional share is fixed as on a partition immediately before death and is not reduced by a later gift. Mesne profits and proportionate costs were also held payable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 05 Sep 1962 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275588