No ‘second class heirs’: Punjab and Haryana High Court blocks tribal custom of denying property to widows
The petitioner argued before the Punjab and Haryana High Court that his deceased brother’s estate should devolve upon him rather than the man’s widow as per the Meo tribe’s custom.
The petitioner argued before the Punjab and Haryana High Court that his deceased brother’s estate should devolve upon him rather than the man’s widow as per the Meo tribe’s custom.
Punjab and Haryana High Court news: Reaffirming gender equality, the Punjab and Haryana High Court upheld a widows right to her deceased husbands property, ruling that any customary law, such as thos…
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