Hindu Succession Act supports daughters but lets down widows and mothers, says Madras High Court
Madras High Court highlights impact of 2005 Hindu Succession Act amendment on daughters' inheritance rights in ancestral ...
Daughter can’t inherit estate if dad died before Succession Act: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has clarified that daughters have no inheritance rights to their father's estate if he died before the ...
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India’s inheritance system is complex but one thing is clear—daughters not getting their share
Whether courts truly uphold women’s inheritance rights was the focus of a session at Delhi’s IIC, part of Vidhi Centre’s new ...
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Daughters have no inheritance rights if fathers died before 1956: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court ruled on Wednesday that daughters have no inheritance rights if their fathers died before the Hindu ...
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2005 Hindu Succession Act amendment reduced share of mothers and widows: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently observed that while the 2005 amendment to the Hindu Succession Act gave daughters equal coparcenery rights in Hindu Undivide ...
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"Luxury litigation": Supreme Court closes plea against Section 15 of Hindu Succession Act
The Supreme Court today closed one among several petitions challenging Section 15 of the Hindu Succession Act, after noting ...
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SC seeks Centre’s response on plea by woman who left Islam to be governed by secular law
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to respond to a plea by a Kerala-based woman, born a Muslim but now a non-believer, to be governed by the secular statute of Indian Succession Act of ...
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HC: Daughter can’t inherit estate if dad died before Succession Act
Mumbai: A daughter will have no inheritance right to her father's estate if he died before June 17, 1956, when the Hindu ...