Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 475 · Decided 26 April 2022
SMT. Kaithuami [L] Through L.RS. v. SMT. Ralliani and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 475 · [2022] 4 S.C.R. 978
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7159/2008
- Decided
- 26 April 2022
- Bench
- L. NAGESWARA RAO, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Mizo Customary Law - Inheritance - Right of divorced daughter/Unmarried Granddaughter - District Council Court upon considering the factual matrix, particularly s. 109(3) and s. 109(10) of the Mizo Customary Law, observed that though Law, it is the youngest son, who would be entitled to inherit the property of his father; there is an ample scope for distribution of the property in a fair and reasonable manner - The District Council Court further found that under the Mizo Customary Law, inheritance also depends
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