Gopal Singh And Others vs Ujagar Singh And Others on 2 April, 1954
Indeed,the correctness of this paragraph was
not disputed before this Court in Gopal Singh v. Ujagar
Singh(1). The general custom of the Punjab being that a
daughter excludes the collaterals from succession to the
selfacquired property of her father the initial onus, there-
fore, must, on principle, be on the collaterals to show that
the general custom in favour of the daughter's succession to
the self-acquired property of her father has been varied by
a special local custom excluding the daughter which is
binding on the parties. Indeed, it has been so held by the
Judicial Committee in Mst.