The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that a mother is a legal heir and family member of her deceased son even if he was married, and cannot be denied a Family Member Certificate on the ground that only his wife and children can be treated as family members. Setting aside a Tahsildar’s rejection, the Court directed the certificate to be issued to the mother, along with the names of other family members if any, and held that she cannot be made to wait until the widow applies.
The Supreme Court held that advocates cannot surrender or compromise a client’s substantive property rights without explicit authorisation. The Court ruled that a compromise decree based solely on a lawyer’s consent, without the client’s signature or approval, is legally unsustainable under the Civil Procedure Code.
