https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309385 The Portuguese Civil Code, 1867, as continued in Goa, Daman and Diu under Indian legislation, was held not to be foreign law for this dispute, so private international law doctrines such as renvoi did not apply. Succession to immovable property of a Goan domicile situated anywhere in India was held to be governed by that Code as the special law, not by the Indian Succession Act or general succession statutes, and Article 24 was inapplicable. Probate was confined to proving the will's genuineness and did not alter substantive inheritance rights under the applicable succession law, including the legitime of heirs. The appeal succeeded and the Bombay property was to form part of the succession inventory. en-us Fri, 13 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 29 Aug 2023 21:29:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309385 The Portuguese Civil Code, 1867, as continued in Goa, Daman and Diu under Indian legislation, was held not to be foreign law for this dispute, so private international law doctrines such as renvoi did not apply. Succession to immovable property of a Goan domicile situated anywhere in India was held to be governed by that Code as the special law, not by the Indian Succession Act or general succession statutes, and Article 24 was inapplicable. Probate was confined to proving the will's genuineness and did not alter substantive inheritance rights under the applicable succession law, including the legitime of heirs. The appeal succeeded and the Bombay property was to form part of the succession inventory. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 13 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309385