“Under the Hindu System of law, clear proof of usage will outweigh the written text of the law.”- Sir…
Collector of Madura v. Mootoo Ramalinga Sathupathy is associated with the principle that a clearly established custom can prevail over the written Hindu law texts. The…
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“Under the Hindu System of law, clear proof of usage will outweigh the written text of the law.”- Sir James Colville. This was mentioned in
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Collector of Madura v. Mootoo Ramalinga Sathupathy is associated with the principle that a clearly established custom can prevail over the written Hindu law texts. The proposition concerns proof of a binding custom, rather than an unproved individual practice.
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