personal law must be determined unless it can be shown that he has renounced his original law in favour of the law of the place ... under customary law in the Punjab is quite distinct from adoption under Hindu Law. Adoption under custom is no more than a customary appointment
properties is valid as regards 1/8 share as
per the customary law practised in Pondicherry, accordingly, they
have claimed only partition ... plaint 'A' schedule property and
applying the customary law applicable to Pondicherry, directed the
partition of the plaint 'A' schedule property
counter claim is barred by the principle of Customary Hindu Law, law of
limitation and the doctrine of estoppel, without any legal right, locus-
standi ... Law. If a Hindu died after
01.10.1963, the law of succession to his properties
is the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 and the
repealed customary Hindu
Law because the same was
as per the customs and/or customary laws of the Kuki tribe. Thereafter, it has
been alleged that the learned ... observed that when the
legislature enacts a law even in respect of personal law or personal law of a
group of persons following a particular
Whether Gainda is governed in matters of alienation; and
succession by customary law as alleged in addl.plea no.2 of the
written statement ... Gupta, learned counsel appearing on
behalf of the respondents submitted that customary law in Punjab is no
longer res integra. The said law has been
Travancore and the legislation had not interfered with or
abrogated the customary law followed by the Hindu Nadars of Travancore State,
which permitted members ... Christian converts cannot have the effect of ' extinguishing the customary
law followed by the Nadars of the Hindu faith and consequently, the customary
law
adoption under the Punjab Customary Law is
rt
different than the adoption under Hindu Law, as under Punjab
Customary Law only a personal relationship ... Punjab
Customary Law vis-à-vis adoption under the statutory law standing
constituted by the factum of the Punjab Customary Law within its
gamut holding
undoubted that they have been doing so from time immemorial. The customary law of the country may throw some light ... customary law in the Madras Presidency is concerned, the question appears to be clear. In the deeds of conveyance before the days of British rule
those Jains who have come from Marwar as to what the customary law about adoption is. This dispute has given rise to factions ... hold that plaintiff's adoption is valid by the customary law of the parties, and if he is to succeed, it must be mainly
undoubted that they have been doing so from time immemorial. The customary law of the country may throw some light ... customary law in the Madras Presidency is concerned, the question appears to be clear. In the deeds of conveyance before the days of British rule
