2021 YLR 234
Mst. Salma v. Heirs of Karim Bakhsh (Inheritance)
Also known as: Salma v. Karim Bakhsh
- Court
- high court
- Decided
- 2021
- Court name
- Lahore High Court
- Bench
- Single Judge
Summary
PLACEHOLDER summary — entitlement of female heirs to share in agricultural land notwithstanding customary practice and limitation in inheritance suits.
Key holdings
1. Female heirs cannot be excluded from inheritance by custom.
2. Limitation does not run against an heir whose share has been concealed by other co-sharers.
3. Mutation entries are fiscal records and do not extinguish title.