We have assumed that you follow the Hindu religion and are governed by the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. If the ancestral property was inherited by your father from his father, father’s father or father ...

India, in ancient times bore the zeitgeist concepts of traditional joint Hindu family. A unit consisting of individuals related by blood, sharing a common roof, joined in food and worship and common ...

On September 3, 2025, the Bombay High Court rejected a granddaughter’s claim to her maternal grandfather’s ancestral property. This case was filed in the Bombay High Court by the granddaughter of Mr.

The concept of a Hindu joint family is unique to Hindus. It is legally recognised and what is interesting to note is that the express retention of both Hindu joint family and Mitakshara coparcenary ...

Vijayawada: Answering an important legal question over the coparcenary (joint heirship) rights of daughters, the Andhra Pradesh high court delivered a judgment saying that daughters will hold their ...

The law recognises a Hindu Undivided Family as a creature of birth, not agreement, with the Karta deriving authority solely from coparcenary status. Management rights arise by operation of Hindu law ...

The Indian judiciary continues to take progressive steps towards making succession law more women friendly. In the landmark case of Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma (Judgment), a 3 judge Bench of the ...

The recent judgment of the Supreme Court on the property rights of women in Vineeta Sharma vs Rakesh Sharma and Ors, has understandably caused a stir. The judgment, which has been referred to as ...

Holding that daughters cannot be deprived of their right of equality, the Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that they will have equal coparcenary rights in joint Hindu family property even if the father ...

Our only brother is refusing to part with any share in the HUF property of our deceased father, who passed away in 2009. Our Mother also passed away later on. I was born in 1959 and my sister was born ...