The Supreme Court of India has ruled on a significant question of customary tribal succession, establishing that under the local customs of the Oraon community, an uncle-in-law cannot adopt his niece’s husband as a resident son-in-law (ghardamad) to transfer ancestral property. A Bench comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice N. Kotiswar Singh allowed the civil
Uncle-in-Law Cannot Confer Property Rights by Adopting Niece’s Husband as Ghardamad Without Proof of Such Custom: Supreme Court
