Supreme Court of India

Smt. Kaithuami [l] through L.rs. v. Smt. Ralliani and Others

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Reported as [2022] 4 S.C.R. 978
Bench L. Nageswara Rao and B. R. Gavai JJ.
Decided 26 April 2022

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we pass the following order: A. The appeals are allowed.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Mizo Customary Law – Inheritance – Right of divorce d daughter/Unmarried Granddaughter – District Council Court upon considering the factual matrix, particularly s. 10 9(3) and s. 109(10) of the Mizo Customary Law, observed that thou gh as per the Mizo Customary Law, it is the youngest son, who would be entitled to inherit the property of his father; the re is an ample scope for distribution of the property in a fair an d reasonable manner – The District Council Court further found that under the Mizo Customary Law, inheritance also depends upon t he responsibilities carried out by the legal

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