In Brief
This civil appeal concerned the status and transferability of property claimed to be part of an impartible estate governed by primogeniture rules. The court held that property forming part of a sovereign ruler's impartible estate is not subject to standard coparcenary rules of joint Hindu families and may be freely transferred or bequeathed by will. The court affirmed the High Court's finding that the appellants failed to produce sufficient evidence to establish the property was separate or personal property. The appeals were dismissed, upholding the High Court's judgment.
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