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Case of KS Dina Chandran vs Shyla Joseph,\u00a0SC Delhi Judgement Dated 17th<\/sup>\u00a0December 2025.\u00a0<\/em>A father executed a registered Will, leaving property to 8 of 9 children, excluding the daughter (the plaintiff) who married outside their community.\u00a0The daughter filed a partition suit, which trial and High Courts initially allowed. The apex court set aside lower court decisions, allowed the appeals, and dismissed the partition suit, declaring the Will valid and the daughter without a partible claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Link: SC Delhi Judgement dated 17\/12\/2025)<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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