Supreme Court of India

Shakuntalabai & Anr. v. L.V. Kulkarni & Anr.

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Reported as [1989] 2 S.C.R. 70
Bench G.L. Oza J.
Decided 28 March 1989

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Hindu Law-Udiki form of marriage prevalent among Lin­ gayats-Ancient and unbroken custom of dissolution of marriage­ Whether prevalent-Proof of-Section 57-Customs-Judicially recog­ nised by Court-Passes into law-Proof unnecessary. Serai Udiki mar­ riage among Panchamasal Lingayats-Custom-Proof of This is defendants' appeal arising ont of a suit for partition. One Mallappa Kulkarni had two sons: Veerappa and Gurappa. Verrappa is survived by his son Lingappa. Gurappa, who was in the service of Railways married Channavva (first wife) on 16.2.28 but since she remained issueless, he remarried in

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