Successor - Indian Laws - General

Expression successor In Black s Law Dictionary- a person who succeeds to the office, rights, responsibilities, or place of another; one who replaces or follows a predecessor. Black s Law Dictionary (WEST: Thomson Reuters 9th edition), Pg 1569 The category of a universal successor is further understood to mean someone who succeeds to all the rights and powers of a former owner, as with an intestate estate or an estate in bankruptcy . K.C. NINAN VERSUS KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD AND ORS.- 2023 (5) TMI 1251 - SUPREME COURT