The Supreme Court of India has reiterated that property granted to a woman in lieu of maintenance becomes her absolute property under Section 14(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (HSA), unless explicitly restricted. In a judgment delivered in Civil Appeal No. 5389 of 2012, the Court dismissed the appeal of the appellant-defendants, resolving a
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