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Bejla Oraon v. Kali Das Oraon (2026): proving a custom, and the limits of a 'ghardamad's' claim

The Supreme Court set aside concurrent findings in a 51-year-old Oraon land dispute, restating the four attributes of a valid custom and the narrow Article 136 grounds for disturbing findings of fact — and holding that under Oraon custom a ghardamad inherits only if adopted by the last male owner or his widow, not by an uncle-in-law.