Voluntary Partition Deed Can Confer Property Rights on Female Heir Even Prior to Hindu Succession Act, 1956: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court examined an important dispute relating to inheritance rights of a female heir under pre-1956 Hindu law. The case arose from a family property originally owned by Purankal Naragasseri Perachan and Purankal Naragasseri Unni. After their deaths, disputes emerged regarding the validity of a partition deed executed in 1958, especially concerning the share given to a daughter at a time when daughters had no statutory inheritance rights…