Customary Law

Supreme Court Upholds Election of Dasanglu Pul: Non-Disclosure of Deceased Husband’s Property Not a Substantial Defect (2023)

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Supreme Court Upholds Election of Dasanglu Pul: Non-Disclosure of Deceased Husband’s Property Not a Substantial Defect (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether non-disclosure of a deceased spouse’s property in a nomination affidavit is a substantial defect under the Representation of the People Act, 1951. CASE TYPE: Election Law Case Name: Dasanglu Pul vs. Lupalum Kri Judgment Date: […]

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Supreme Court Upholds Customary Law on Inheritance: Kaithuami vs. Ralliani (26 April 2022)

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Supreme Court Upholds Customary Law on Inheritance: Kaithuami vs. Ralliani (2022) Date of the Judgment: 26 April 2022 Citation: (2022) INSC 438 Judges: L. Nageswara Rao, J., B.R. Gavai, J. Can customary laws override general inheritance principles? The Supreme Court of India recently addressed this question in a case concerning the Mizo Customary Law of

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Supreme Court Upholds Primogeniture in Princely State Property Dispute: Trijugi Narain vs. Sankoo (2019)

/ Customary Law, Evidence Act, 1872, Evidence Act, 1872 with Section 48, Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Hindu Succession Act, 1956 with Section 5(ii), Impartible Estates, Indu Malhotra, Judges, Primogeniture, Princely States, Property Law, Sanjiv Khanna

Supreme Court Upholds Primogeniture in Princely State Property Dispute: Trijugi Narain vs. Sankoo (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether perpetual leasehold rights of a property, part of a former princely state, should be considered coparcenary property or an impartible estate governed by primogeniture. CASE TYPE: Civil Property Dispute Case Name: Trijugi Narain (Dead) Through Legal Representatives and

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Supreme Court settles adoption custom in Jain Community: Ratanlal vs. Sundarabai (2017)

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Date of the Judgment: 22 November 2017 Citation: [Not Available in Source] Judges: N. V. Ramana, J. and Amitava Roy, J. Can a married man be validly adopted, especially within the Jain community? The Supreme Court of India addressed this question in a dispute over the adoption of Ratanlal by his uncle, Govardhandas. The court

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