Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce - Cruelty upon husband - Extra-marital affair of wife - Exchange of emails between her and her paramour - Wife apologized to husband gave an assurance that she would repeat her mistakes in future - Plea of wife that husband fabricated emails - Hard to digest and deserves to be rejected outrightly - Wife is trying to..........
Customary Law -- Rattigan's Digest of Customary Law - Para 87 of said digest provides that by entering into a religious fraternity a person presumably ceases to be qualified to perform purely worldly acts, and loses all rights of inheritance in his natural family. - Para 89 of said digest is to the effect that all property acquired by individual members of a religious..........
Customary Law -- Rattigans Digest of Customary Law - Office of Mahant - Para 85 provides that the office of Mahant is usually elective and not hereditary - A Mahant may nominate a successor subject to confirmation by his fraternity - This being a generally recognised custom, strong evidence is required to established a custom contrary to it...........
Custom -- Rattigans Digest of Customary Law - Jats of Hoshiarpur District - As per prevalent custom, adopted son inherit property of adoptive father - No custom that even after adoption, adopted son will inherit the estate of natural father. Hindu Adoption & Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 12...........
Rattigan's Digest of Customary Law -- Customary law - Riwaj-i-Am - Presumption of correctness - Presumption sought to be raised by appellants in terms of Riwaj-i-Am contained in Appendix 7 of Rattigan's Digest of Customary Law in respect of custom of Gurgaon district would be only in respect of ancestral property - Such Riwaj-i-Am adversely affects the rights of the..........
Criminal trial -- Medical evidence - Stomach found empty within two hours of taking breakfast of a young boy of 23 years - Does not create doubt as a young healthy boy can digest food within two hours as his power of digestion is quick - Medical evidence not doubtful...........
