Hindu Succession Act, 1956–Sec. 14(2)–Ambit of Section must be confined to cases where property is acquired by a female Hindu for the first time as a grant without any pre-existing right, under a gift, will, instrument, decree, order or award, the term of which prescribe a “restricted estate” in the property–Where the property is acquired by a Hindu female at a partition or in lieu of right of maintenance, it is in virtue of a pre-existing right and such an acquisition would not be with in the scope and ambit of Sec. 14(2) even if the instrument, decree, order or award allotting the property prescribes a “restricted estate” in the property.
