Supreme Court · 1952 INSC 17 · Decided 21 March 1952
Lachman Singh and Others v. The State
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1952 INSC 17 · [1952] 1 S.C.R. 839
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 22/1950
- Decided
- 21 March 1952
- Bench
- SIR SYED FAZL ALI, VIVIAN BOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 149; Evidence Act Section 27; Constitution
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPORTS 839 invoked by the · plaintiff, to the property held by a wife in her own right, the foundation on which custom grows would be wanting. When the matter is further probed, it appears that the plaintiff relies not only on custom but partly on custom and partly on the as at present advised, we would reserve our opinion. In the circumstances, we prefer to leave the issue of custom undecided, and base our decision on the sole ground, which by itself is sufficient to conclude the appeal, that the plaintiff's marriage with Ram Piari has not been clearly
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