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Reading Down a Statute: What the Hon’ble Supreme Court Will and Will Not Do
While examining recent case law on statutory interpretation, I came across the decision in Sib Nath Chatterjee v. Tulsidas Chatterjee & Ors. (2026 INSC 409). The judgment, though concise, provides a clear and structured restatement of the doctrine of reading down….
THE TRIAD OF SURRENDER, LEASE AND ASSIGNMENT
THE TRIAD OF SURRENDER, LEASE AND ASSIGNMENT Correctly Passing Leasehold Rights in Maharashtra Co-operative Housing Societies Let us get one thing straight at the outset. A member of a tenant-ownership co-operative housing society in Maharashtra does not own the land….
What Happens to Property When a Hindu Man Dies Without a Will, And He Had More Than One Family?
What Happens to Property When a Hindu Man Dies Without a Will, And He Had More Than One Family? What happens to property when a Hindu man dies without a Will and has had multiple marriages? A plain-language guide to intestate succession in Maharashtra, second marriage…
Maha-hurdles and legal labyrinth: Transfer of leasehold rights in Maharashtra’s tenant-ownership co-operative societies
Transferring a lease in a Pune co-operative society isn’t as easy as swapping matchsticks. In Maharashtra’s tenant-ownership housing societies (land in the society’s name; buildings by members), selling or assigning a flat involves juggling Co-operative Societies Act…