The Delhi High Court has recently ruled that Section 15(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, unfortunately, works against the widow of a pre-deceased son, while it is intended to benefit another.
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In a chilling case in 1994, Chaudhary had murdered six members of Pune's Rathi family and their maid, and was released from prison after 28 years on grounds that he was a 12-year-old at the time of the crime.
On March 27, after over 28 years in prison – 25 of those on death row – the Supreme Court ordered 42-year-old Narayan Chetanram Chaudhary to “be set free forthwith” while ruling that he was a juvenile when he was sentenced to death in 1998.