Supreme Court · 1954 INSC 41 · Decided 9 April 1954
Nathoo Lal v. Durga Prasad
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1954 INSC 41 · [1955] 1 S.C.R. 51
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 59/1953
- Decided
- 9 April 1954
- Bench
- MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN, VIVIAN BOSE, GHULAM HASAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
SUPREME COURT R:EPORTS Customary Law , in the, Punjab; , adoption . is '. secular; in ch.aracter, the. object :being to• appoint an heir :and . .'the ruks relating. to ,ceremonies and, to• preferences,.in. selec­ tion have to be held } to· be · directory and GHULAM HASAN JJ.J Hindu Law-Female-Alienation in her favour-Whether any presumption of law that she does not get absolute or alienable ·interest i1! the property-Whether the case of a male and that of a female' rilitferent. It may be taken as well settled that there is no warrant , for
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