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Thesawalamai Law and Inheritance Rights by OE UKTPS is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The Supreme Court case SIVAGNANALINGAM v. SUNTHERALINGAM addresses the application of the Thesawalamai, a customary law for Tamil inhabitants of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, in matters of succession and inheritance. The court ruled that for Thesawalamai to apply, it must be established that the deceased was a permanent inhabitant of Jaffna, emphasizing the burden of proof lies with the party claiming its applicability. The court affirmed that the surviving spouse does not inherit under Thesawalamai,
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