Hindu Succession Act

January 21, 2022

Hindu daughters to inherit fathers' self-acquired, inherited properties if they die without making will: SC

The judgement, which came on an appeal against the Madras High Court verdict, dealt with the property rights of Hindu women and widows under the Hindu Succession Act.

August 11, 2020
Daughters to have equal property rights, SC backs retrospective effect of Hindu Succession Act amendment

The provisions contained in substituted Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 confer the status of coparcener on the daughter born before or after amendment in the same manner as a son with the same rights and liabilities.

Hindu Succession Act

Hindu daughters to inherit fathers' self-acquired, inherited properties if they die without making will: SC

Daughters to have equal property rights, SC backs retrospective effect of Hindu Succession Act amendment