Supreme Court of India

Smt. Ass Kaur (deceased) by L.rs. v. Kartar Singh (dead) by L.rs. and Ors.

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Bench S.B. Sinha and Markandey Ka Tju JJ.
Decided 18 May 2007

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated hereinbefore, have no application in the fact of the present case.

Judgment, page 15

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Customary laws-Sidhu Jats governed by Zimindara customs-Widow , marrying her first husband's brother who was already married-Inheritance and succession under the 1929 Act and 1937 Act-Applicability of customary .., c laws--Held: Customary law would prevail over the statutory law since its application was not excluded in the statutory /aw-Property being ancestral, on the death of one of the co-widow the other surviving widow' would take the property by survivorship-Act of 1929 being subject to the applicability of customary law, daughter of the deceased widow has no right of succession in…

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