Widow's inheritance rights under Muslim law upheld

The Supreme Court has said that an agreement to sell a property does not transfer the ownership rights and ruled that all assets left behind by a deceased person form part of ancestral property to be distributed as per Muslim law.

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The verdict came on a case filed by a woman named Zoharbee against the Bombay High Court verdict. The case arose from a family dispute over properties left by Chand Khan, who died without children. His widow