customary law
Section 125 CrPC | Levirate Marriages validated by custom, cohabitation, social acceptance, and the birth of children, must be treated as valid: Patna High Court
The Court held that a woman having lived as a wife, borne children, and been deserted without support, falls within the protective umbrella of Section 125 CrPC and the technical plea of invalidity of marriage cannot be a valid ground to deny her maintenance.
NRJ Series | When SC remitted case of recovery of possession to Trial Court for rehearing as per general law, since customary law was only applicable to ryots of village [(1954) 2 SCC 699]
This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment on suit for recovery of possession, dating back to the year 1954.