Summary:  a long series of decisions established that in the partition of ancestral property, each wife of the father is entitled to a share. Legal provisions such as the Mitakshara law dictate that the allotment of shares should be fair and even, entitling those wives without separate inheritances from their husbands or in-laws to equal portions. Similarly, the law handles the sharing of a deceased father’s wealth among sons born to wives from different tribes equally, considering the equal rights of the sons as established by the wealth’s origin from that grandfather, regardless of the division between father and son on the property. This equality principle extends to adopted sons and their right to a share on par with natural sons at the partition, ensuring fairness and adherence to established formalities and customs in family property divisions.