"The joint effect of the two cases is that the sale of family land by the head of the family, without the concurrence of the principal members of the family...
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"The plaintiff has an undoubted right to demand partitioning of the family land but this will only be granted if it is shown that there are disputes as to occupation...
"Although the land does not belong to him the allottee, in my respectful view, has ownership of whatever he superimposes on the land by his own personal efforts."
"It is now well settled that any member of a family has capacity to sue to protect family property… That is all plaintiff did in these proceedings. It is not...
"It is one thing to aver a material fact in issue in one's pleadings and quite a different thing to establish such a fact by evidence... In the instant case,...
"The jurisdiction of the High Court was ousted by the proviso to Section 9(1) of the High Court Law only where the issue of family status was the fundamental issue...
"A grant or sale of family property by the principal members of the family without the consent of the head of the family is void ab initio."
"A relative (such as a sister) may give evidence in favour of a brother if she is of unquestionable character and integrity, and provided no manifest suspicion exists that she...
"Under Islamic law, a gift can be made to a family or to named members of a family. The acceptance and taking possession of an object donated en bloc by...
"Every member of the family, has an interest in family property and is under a duty to protect such property. There is therefore a locus standi to institute an action...