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‘Daughter for a lifetime’: SC backs women’s share in parental property

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday held that daughters, like sons, have an equal birthright to inherit joint Hindu family property. The Court decided that the amended Hindu Succession Act, which gives…

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Published August 12, 2020 · 2 min read
‘daughter for a lifetime’: sc

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday held that daughters, like sons, have an equal birthright to inherit joint Hindu family property. The Court decided that the amended Hindu Succession Act, which gives daughters equal rights to ancestral property, will have a retrospective effect.

“A daughter always remains a loving daughter. A son is a son until he gets a wife. A daughter is a daughter throughout her life,” Justice Arun Mishra, heading a three-judge Bench, authored the judgement.

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