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Ratanlal @ Babulal Chunilal Samsuka v. Sundarabai Govardhandas Samsuka(d) Th. Lrs.& Ors.
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Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956: ss.2(a), 3 and JO - Adoption - Of a married man aged 32 years - Challenged - Held: person, if married, cannot be adopted, unless there is 47 custom or usage, as defined ins. 3(a), permits so - For establishinff a valid custom, there should be continuity, certainty, long usage anc( reasonability - Customs, at variance with general law must be proved strictly - Appel/a/If, in the present case has failed to prove that the custom on which he was relying had attained the status of general custom prevalent among the concerned communizv - The burden to prove
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