https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=285944 A foreign declaration on domicile may be impeached only for extrinsic fraud or a real denial of natural justice; on the facts, no fraud was shown and the hearing requirement was substantially satisfied, though the declaration could not bind the minors for want of international jurisdiction. Domicile of choice turns on settled intention gathered from conduct as a whole, not isolated declarations; the deceased was found domiciled in England, so succession to the movables and the English house proceeds was governed by English law under the law of situs. The wider partition under Travancore Ezhava law was therefore inconsistent to that extent. en-us Mon, 15 Apr 1974 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 04 Feb 2020 16:22:47 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=285944 A foreign declaration on domicile may be impeached only for extrinsic fraud or a real denial of natural justice; on the facts, no fraud was shown and the hearing requirement was substantially satisfied, though the declaration could not bind the minors for want of international jurisdiction. Domicile of choice turns on settled intention gathered from conduct as a whole, not isolated declarations; the deceased was found domiciled in England, so succession to the movables and the English house proceeds was governed by English law under the law of situs. The wider partition under Travancore Ezhava law was therefore inconsistent to that extent. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 15 Apr 1974 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=285944