
Pleading Benami Can Cost Everyone the Property: Supreme Court in Manjula v. D.A. Srinivas
On 8 May 2026 the Supreme Court rejected a suit framed on a Will because the plaint itself pleaded a benami purchase, held that the heirs could not benefit either, and directed the Central Government to take over the land. It also held the 2016 Benami amendments apply to earlier transactions.








