Daughters’ Rights Cannot Be Defeated by Old Partition Deeds, Family Property Suit Restored: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India has delivered a significant judgment protecting the inheritance rights of daughters under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. The Court restored a partition suit filed by three daughters after setting aside the Karnataka High Court order which had rejected their case at the preliminary stage. A Bench comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Augustine George Masih held that Section 6(5) of the Hindu Succession Act is…
