MAY 11 — The following facts appeared in the judgment of Lord President Suffian in the case of Dato Menteri Othman Bin ...

BANASKANTHA (IANS)- After 12 years of forced exile, around 300 members from 29 Kodarvi tribal families have returned to their native Mota Pipodra village in Banaskantha district, Gujarat. Their ...

A new Constitutional Court judgment about the validity of customary and civil marriages has huge implications. An untold number of Black couples, married under customary law and later under civil law, ...

Aizawl, Amid intense social media debate, Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma has said the recent amendments to the Mizo marriage and property inheritance law were not a unilateral government initiative ...

The question of women’s inheritance rights in tribal communities remains unresolved. Customary laws of most tribal communities deny absolute property rights to their women, and the Hindu Succession ...

Escambia County Commissioners are seeking ways to expand public beach access and minimize conflict with private property owners The board ended Feb. 19 meeting without a vote on customary use. They ...

The section further allows couples to enter into an antenuptial contract. "This results in a couple being married under two marriage regimes,” Mantyi explains. "You can’t have the two co-existing." He ...

The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled that a customary marriage concluded in 2002 between Ntombizakhe Dladla and Wonderboy Manana is valid and nullified the man's second secret wedding.

On December 16, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service issued a Final Rule implementing section 139E-1 of the Internal Revenue Code and the Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act of 2014. The rule governs ...

When custom is effusive, the constitution remains silent and when tradition is silent, the constitution dons the arbiter’s mantle. In a momentous reiteration of statutory principles, the Supreme Court ...

Several African countries have, over recent years, started recognising traditional justice mechanisms operating alongside the formal justice system. In some settings, customary courts are formally ...