The High Court of Himachal Pradesh, presided over by Justice Rakesh Kainthla, has held that under the customary law governing polyandrous marriages in the region, the property of a deceased co-husband is inherited by the surviving joint husband (brother) and not by the children during the lifetime of the surviving co-husband. Dismissing a regular second
In Polyandrous Marriages Under Customary Law, Property Is Inherited By Surviving Brother And Not Children: Himachal Pradesh High Court
