Daughters have equal rights

On August 11, 2020, a three-judge bench  of Supreme Court ruled that daughters have equal rights as that of sons on parental property.

They shall remain coparcener throughout their life.

What was the Highlights of the judgment ?

-The daughters have equal rights in parental property as that of son. This includes in cases where the father died before the enactment of Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005.

- The Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, the status of coparcener (legal rights in parental property by birth only )on the daughter born before or after amendment in the same manner as that of the son.

- It also directed High Courts to dispose of cases involving this issue within six months since they would have been pending for years.

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