The Supreme Court of India, in a significant ruling, has held that in the absence of any established custom governing inheritance, the principles of “justice, equity, and good conscience,” in conjunction with the constitutional guarantee of equality under Article 14, mandate that a tribal woman’s legal heirs are entitled to an equal share in her
In Absence of Custom, Tribal Woman’s Heirs Entitled to Equal Share in Ancestral Property Based on Equity and Article 14: Supreme Court
