Punjab Custom (Power to Contest) Act, 1920

The Supreme Court examined the constitutional validity of Section 15 of the Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1913 (as applied in Haryana), which gave a right of pre-emption based on consanguinity. Petitioners argued that the classification violated Articles 14, 15 and 19(1)(f) of the Constitution, while the State defended it on…

Ajit Singh, a common ancestor, sold ancestral land to Bishan Singh without consideration. Joginder Singh, a descendant, sued to declare the sale void and protect his reversionary rights, obtaining a decree that the sale would not affect those rights after Ajit Singh's death. A compromise was later reached between Jogin…

The appellants were contesting alienations of immovable property under the Punjab Custom (Power to Contest) Act, 1920, and their suits were at the appellate stage when the Punjab Custom (Power to Contest) Amendment Act, 1973 came into force on 23 January 1973. The High Court dismissed the appeals, holding that after th…

The case concerned a sale of ancestral land by the father (Pritam Singh), who was the Karta of the Hindu joint family, to Tara Singh and Ajit Singh. The son, Kehar Singh, challenged the sale alleging that the father had no right to alienate the property without his consent and that there was no legal necessity. The def…

The appellants filed a suit in 1962 seeking a declaration of customary rights over agricultural land under the Punjab Custom (Power to Contest) Act, 1920. The trial court dismissed the suit, but the appellate court in 1965 decreed in favour of the respondents, and the decree became final as no second appeal was filed. …