JAMEELA BEGUM Vs. CONTROLLER OF ESTATE DUTY MADRAS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) - This civil appeal is from the order of the High Court answering in the affirmative and against the accountable person the following question of law:

(2.) In the deed of settlement dated 15-5-50 it is clear that the settlement was absolute subject to the obligation of payment of the income during the lifetime of the settlor and after his death to his second wife.

(3.) Section 164 of Mulla's Principles of Mohamedan Law, 18th Edition at page 174 'deals with Gift with a condition and states that when a gift is made subject to a condition which derogates from the completeness of the grant, the condition is void, and the gift will take effect as if no conditions were attached to it.