Landmark case · Family Law – II (Muslim Law and Other Personal Laws) · Semester 2

Abdul Manan Khan v. Mirtuza Khan

AIR 1991 Pat 154 · Patna High Court

A Muslim cannot by will dispose of more than one-third of the net estate to a non-heir without the consent of the heirs.

From topic

Hiba (gift) and wasiyat (wills) — Unit III, Family Law – II (Muslim Law and Other Personal Laws).

Related sections:

Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937, 2 — Gifts, wills and inheritances governed by Muslim personal law
Transfer of Property Act, 1882, 129 — Saving of Muslim gifts from Chapter VII of the TPA