The Supreme Court held that the person relying on a customary practice must establish both its existence and that it governs ...
In an important development concerning the customary inheritance practice of the Oraon tribal community, the Supreme Court on ...
Every three years, the Oraon tribal people of Masmano, a village located about 40 km from Ranchi in Jharkhand, gather at their Sarna sthal (a Sal grove where villagers worship sarna or nature). One ...
The Supreme Court ruled that an uncle-in-law cannot adopt his niece's husband as a ghardamad for inheritance unless such a ...
The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a landmark ruling on tribal property rights, holding that an uncle-in-law cannot ...
Setting aside three lower court rulings, it held that the burden of proving customary practices lies on the claimant ...
While the debate on the Uniform Civil Code has once again been centred around whether religious minorities can continue following their respective personal laws, any framework for the UCC — which is ...
The quagmire that faces the majority of the citizens of South Africa is a strange but similar one — It relates to the recognition of customary marriages. These types of unions are well respected by ...
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