Lakshadweep islands, such a contention cannot be thrown overboard.
25. Customary Marumakkathayam Law is prevalent in
Lakshadweep islands. It is a known fact that ... Friday property' or 'Velliazcha
swoth'. It is subject to Marumakkathayam, uncodified customary law.
Inheritance is only through female line. The hallmark
Mammed Kayi (1981) 129 1TR 307 (SC), which held that a Mappilla Marumakkathayam Tarwad is an individual within the meaning of Section ... term 'individual1 in Section 3 includes group of individuals like Marumakkathayam Tarwad. This is also clear from the concluding portion of the judgment which
case was concerned with the applicability of the Act to Mapilla Marumakkathayam Tarwads of North Malabar, the Supreme Court considered the expression 'individual
HUFs is bad in law while other undivided family such as Mappilla Marumakkathayam Tarwads are exempt. It was held by the Mysore High Court that
