wife has ceased, under the personal law governing him or the customary law of the community to which the spouses belong, to be entitled
Hindu Law dies intestate leaving any property, and when a Hindu governed by any other school of Hindu law or by customary law dies intestate ... school of Hindu law other than the Dayabhaga School or by customary law dies having at the time of his death an interest
appellant
giving certain lands and a maintenance allowance, under the
customary law of the State. After the merger of that State
to the Dominion ... simple made
in pursuance of the custom of the family and customary law
of the State.
The gift therefore, was an executive
wife has ceased under the personal law governing him or the customary law of the community to which the spouses belong, to be entitled
SUBBARAO, K.
CITATION:
1958 AIR 918 1959 SCR 1099
ACT:
Customary Law-Inheritence-Hindu in Punjab succeeding to
maternal grandfather's estate-Such property ... sons-Stare decisis-Rule, when inapplicable.
HEADNOTE:
Under the customary law of the Punjab property inherited by
a Hindu male from his maternal grandfather
SC2138 (5)
ACT:
Hindu Law-Jats of Grewal got-Customary law of succession--
Non-ancestral Property-Daughter, if preferrted to
collateyals-Doctrine of surrender-Gift ... daughter by widow,
if accelerates succession-Rattigan's Customary Law of the
Punjab, Para 23-Riwaji-am, 1882, Question 43.
HEADNOTE:
Under the customary
law or laws of any Autonomous District Council or Autonomous Regional Council or which are accepted as rights of tribals under any traditional or customary
migration in 1858, Khushal Singh was governed by the customary law of the Delhi District, that he carried it with him to the Meerut District ... till his death. It is not disputed that, if the customary law applied to Khushal Singh when he left the Delhi District
religious or social practices of the Nagas, (ii) Naga customary law and procedure, (iii) administration of civil and criminal justice involving decisions according to Naga ... customary law, (iv) ownership and transfer of land and its resources, shall apply to the State of Nagaland unless the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland
parents to be determined depended upon several factors including "customary laws". Learned Judge also held that the caste system is ingrained ... Law, governed by Hindu law will not now be governed by the Hindu Law. If before codification, any scheduled tribe was governed by Hindu law