Protection for certain royal estates from succession law still valid despite abolition of privy purses and privileges: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court ruled that special provisions in the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, protecting certain royal estates from partition remain valid. The court clarified that the abolition of privy purses and royal privileges did not affect the legal status of private properties and impartible estates of former princely states.
The Karnataka High Court has ruled that a special provision in the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, which excludes certain estates of former royal families from the purview of being partitioned under the Act, remains valid despite abolition of privy purses and royal privileges more than five decades ago through the amendments to the Constitution of India.
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