Supreme Court Upholds Sister's Claim in Punjab Customary Succession Dispute. Court Rules That Custom Excluding Sisters Must Be Proved and That in Absence of Proof, Hindu Personal Law Applies Under Section 5 of Punjab Laws Act, 1872....
The dispute concerned ownership of agricultural land in village Sultanwind, Amritsar, Punjab, following the death of Sahib Singh in December 1918. His widow succeeded but was divested on remarriage, a...




