INNAMURI GOPALAN AND OTHERS vs STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANR.(B. P. SINHA C. J., J. C.

The Supreme Court held that a Jat holding ancestral agricultural land in Jhajjar Tehsil, Rohtak, has the customary power to transfer such land for consideration, which cannot be set aside by sons or reversionary heirs unless the transaction is for immoral purposes. The Court clarified that the existence of a son does not affect this power, rejecting the previous view in Budal v. Kirpa Ram, 76 P.R. 1914. The appeal was dismissed, affirming the lower courts' decisions recognizing this customary right.