लछमन सिंह बनाम हज़ारा सिंह (पंजाब रीति-रिवाज)
| Citation | AIR 1966 SC 1387 |
| Court | Supreme Court of India |
| Date | 10 March 1966 |
| Year | 1966 |
| Bench | K. Subba Rao CJI, M. Hidayatullah, R.S. Bachawat JJ. |
| Acts/Articles | Hindu Succession Act 1956, Punjab Land Revenue Act, Punjab Custom |
| Category | Haryana-Specific, Property & Land Law |
Key Principle Established
Under Punjab custom, ancestral agricultural land devolves through agnatic succession. The Hindu Succession Act prevails over custom for Hindu women's inheritance rights.
A dispute over agricultural land succession in Punjab/Haryana involving the conflict between customary law (riwaj-e-aam) and the Hindu Succession Act.
The Court held that where the Hindu Succession Act applies, it overrides customary law. Daughters and widows have full rights of inheritance in both ancestral and self-acquired property. The old Punjab custom of excluding females from inheritance stands superseded.
Foundational for women’s land inheritance rights in Haryana/Punjab. Has been strengthened by the 2005 Amendment to the Hindu Succession Act giving daughters equal coparcenary rights.
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