Female’s right to guardianship: with Special reference to Customary Law in the Punjab during British

Abstract

By adopting customary law the British had opted to protect the tribal structure of Punjabi Society, and base their rule on a social organization that they considered to be central to it. When provisions of customary law of the Punjab are closely examined, it seems that almost all the provisions directly or indirectly witnessed the gender discrimination that was prevailing in contemporary society.