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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

The Supreme Court, on August 11, delivered a landmark judgment in the case of Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma by providing equal coparcenary rights to daughters as similar to the sons in the Hindu ...

We are assuming that your father and you are governed by the provisions of the Hindu law. Your father may bequeath his property to any person/persons of his choice in any proportion by executing a ...

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 ...

New Delhi: 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 ...