Supreme Court · 1961 INSC 106 · Decided 21 March 1961
Salig Ram v. Munshi Ram and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1961 INSC 106 · [1962] 1 S.C.R. 470
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 461/1957
- Decided
- 21 March 1961
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K.N. WANCHOO (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
470 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [1962] SALIG RAM v. MUNSHI RAM AND ANOTHER (P. B. GAJENDRAGADKAR · and K. N. WANCHOO, JJ.) Punjab Customary Law-Custonis in Auiritsar district-Adop­ ted son's right to inheritance in his natural Ja111ily-Elrahmin and Khatri community-Punjab Laws Act, I872 paternal grand­ father. His father had pre-deceased him, but another son of his grandfather was alive. He had been adopted away in a different family but he claimed that according to th" custom of his com­ munity in the district he was entitled to get his share in the estate of
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