Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal of Sons against Decree Restoring Half Share in Ancestral Land – Customary Law Bars Female Heirs from Taking Advantage of Declaratory Decree Under Punjab Custom (Power to Contest) Act, 1920, Despite Hindu Succession Act, 1956. The Court Examined Whether the Hindu Succession Act Overrode the Customary Competence Requirement, and the Scope of Appellate Power Under Order 41 Rule 33 CPC.
11 Mar 1969The dispute arose from an ancestral land alienation made by a Hindu Jat, J, in 1916 without legal necessity, governed by Punjab Customary Laws which b...




