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Marumakkattayam law, means the system of law applicable to persons--(a) who, if this Act had not been passed, would have been governed by the Madras Marumakkattayam Act, 1932 (XXII of 1933); the Travancore Nayar Act (II of 1100); the Travancore Ezhava Act (III of 1100); the Travancore Nanjinad Vellala Act (VI of 1101); the Travancore Kshatriya Act (VII of 1108); the Travancore Krishnanvaka Marumakkathayee Act (VII of 1115); the Cochin Marumakkathayam Act (XXXIII of 1113); or the Cochin Nayar Act (XXIX of 1113), with respect to the matters for which provision is made in this Act; or(b) who belong to any community, the members of which are largely domiciled in the State of Travancore-Cochin or Madras as it existed immediately before the 1st November, 1956, and who, if this Act had not been passed, would have been governed with respect to the matters for which provision is made in this Act by any system of inheritance in which descent is traced through the female line; but does not includ...
Tarwad
Tarwad, expression 'tarvad' in Marumakkattayam law is the name given to the joint family consisting of males and females, all descended in the female line from a common ancestress, Kalyani v. Narayanan, AIR 1980 SC 1173 (1177): (1980) Supp SCC 298: (1980) 2 SCR 1130.A family governed by Marumakkathayam law is known as a tarwad, it consists of a mother and her children, whether male or female, and all their descendants, whether male or female, in the female line, Achuthan Nair v. Chinnammu Amma, AIR 1966 SC 411 (412): (1966) 1 SCR 454.Tarwad is the name given to a joint family consisting of males and females who have all descended in the family line from a common ancestress. Mayne compares a tarwad to a family corporation. Every member of tarwad has equal rights in the property by reason of his or her birth in the tarwad, M.K. Balakrishna Menon v. Assistant Controller of Estate Duty-cum-Income Tax Officer, AIR 1971 SC 2392 (2393): (1971) 2 SCC 909: (1972) 1 SCR 961....
Marumakkattayam
Marumakkattayam, The literal meaning of the word 'Marumakkattayam' is inheritance through nephews and nieces. The essential difference between Marumakkattayam and the other schools of Hindu Law is that the former is founded on the matriarchate while the latter is founded upon the agnatic family. In the Mitakshara joint family the members claim their descent from a common ancestor but in a Marumakkattayam family which is known as the tarwad the descent is from a common ancestress, M.K. Balakrishna Menon v. Assistant Controller of Estate Duty-cum-Income Tax Officer, AIR 1971 SC 2392 (2393): (1971) 2 SCC 909: (1972) 1 SCR 961....
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