Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 489 · Decided 7 April 1996
Madhu Kishwar and ORS. ETC. v. State of Bihar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 489 · [1996] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 442
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 5723/1982
- Decided
- 7 April 1996
- Bench
- KULDIP SINGH, M.M. PUNCHHI, K. RAMASWAMY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 15, 21; Hindu Succession Act; Succession Act Section 3
Headnote
Hindu Succession Act, 195~Section 3(2}-lndian Succession Act, 192~Section 3-Power to exempt any race, sect or tribe from operation of the Act-Tribals--Whether provisions of these Acts are applicable to custom­ C govemed tribals-Held, No-Customs of tribal inhabitants excluding tribal women from Tenancy Act, 1908-Sections 7 and 8-T1ibals-Ex­ clusive right of male succession-Whether provisions of Sections 7 and 8 can D be held as violative of Article 14 of the Constitutiol!-Held, No-Constitu­ tional right to livelihood of females-Intervening rights uf female depend­
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