succession to the estate was governed by the
rule of lineal primogeniture. Under the said rule the eldest
male member of the eldest line ... which provision is made in the Act. If rule of
lineal primogeniture in Nagaruntari estate is a customary
one it will certainly cease to have
estate formed an impartible estate
governed by the rule of lineal primogeniture. The plaintiff
claimed that as the present holder of the office of Desai ... that the estate was impartible
and governed by the rule of lineal primogeniture by custom
as pleaded, the incidents of impartibility as well
became bhumiswami lands-
Impartibility and devolution by survivorship by rule of
lineal primogeniture lost.
Words and Phrases-"In respect of land held ... nature, the
succession to which was governed by the rule of lineal
primogeniture, the properties exclusively belonged to
defendant No. 1 and that the conferral
devolved by family and local custom according to the rule of lineal primogeniture from ancient times. The estate was settled by the British Government with ... succession to it takes place according to the rule of lineal primogeniture. It is found that the defendant was joint in estate with Raja Satrughna
sole heir and successor under the law of male lineal primogeniture entitled to succession to Gaddi, was recognised by the President of India ... governed by the rule of succession called the rule of male lineal primogeniture, and not by the Personal Law, as envisaged in Muslim Personal
Mahant in that Math is governed by the rule of lineal primogeniture. The plaintiff further avers that, in accordance with the direction of the original ... single question, namely, whether there is a custom of succession by lineal primogeniture prevailing in the suit endowment, or whether the last Mahant
sons of Sahebgouda became separate and according to the rule of lineal primogeniture the plaintiff who belonged to the next eldest branch of the family ... succession is to be determined by the rule of lineal primogeniture irrespective of the personal law governing the parties, secondly, that the partition
member-Power of
Government to resume and re-grant-Custom of lineal
primogeniture, extent and effect of-Suit challenging
Government order of resumption ... vires,
null and void, and (ii) that by the custom of lineal
primogeniture which prevailed in the family the lands, upon
the death
succession by the rule of primogeniture. [Succession by the rule of primogeniture also descends to the lineal! male heirs in male descent though ... proving that the suit properties are governed by the rule of lineal primogeniture is on respondent No. 4 Pushpasinghji, who is alleging
impartible and succession to them is governed by the yule of lineal primogeniture. The plaintiff's contention was that the estate being impartible ... governed by the rule of lineal primogeniture, the family must be regarded as a joint family, and the plaintiff, having by adoption become the heir
