Supreme Court · 1967 INSC 298 · Decided 14 December 1967
Kehar Singh & ORS. v. Chanan Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1967 INSC 298 · [1968] 2 S.C.R. 651
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 781/1964
- Decided
- 14 December 1967
- Bench
- J.C. SHAH, V. RAMASWAMI, VISHISHTHA BHARGAVA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Custo1nary law, Punjab-Sidhu lats of Muktsar Ta!1sil of Fero-;:e­ pore District-5th degree callaN!rals of deceased landowner 1vlzether take precedence over his rnarried daughters in succession to his non-ancestral property-General custo1n in Rattigan's Digest or special custon1 in Ferozepore District, Punjab was the last male holder of certain land in •that area. He was sucoeeded by his widow after whose death, the land was mutated in favour of D'.s collate· rals in the 5th de:gree,. D's daughter filed a suit for a declaration that she was the legal heir of the
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