Question
Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, as amended in 2005, a daughter of a Hindu:
Solution
Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, as amended by the 2005 Amendment, grants daughters’ equal coparcenary rights by birth identical to sons. The Supreme Court in Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma (2020) clarified that these rights apply retrospectively even if the father died before 2005 amendment commencement. Daughters now have unobstructed heritage rights (rights by birth).
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