Supreme Court of India

Jai Kaur & Others v. Sher Singh & Others.

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Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar J.
Decided 6 May 1960

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the High Court rightly decreed the snit in favonr of the plaintiffs in respect of the non­ ancestral property also, and dismiss the appeal.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Hindu Law-] ats of Grewal got-Customary law of succession­ N on-ancestral property-Daughter, if pref erred to collaterals­ Doctrine of surrender-Gift to daughter by widow, if accelerates succession-Rattigan's Customary Law of the Punjab, para 23-Riwaj­ i-am, r882, Question 43. Under the customary law prevalent amongst the Hindu Jats of Grewal got in Ludhiana, a daughter is a preferential heir to her father in respect of his self-acquired property to his collaterals.

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