Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 487 · Decided 11 August 2020
Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 487 · [2020] 10 S.C.R. 135
- Case number
- DIARYNO AND DIARYYR No. 32601/2018
- Decided
- 11 August 2020
- Bench
- ARUN MISHRA, S. ABDUL NAZEER, M.R. SHAH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Registration Act; Hindu Succession Act Section 6; Succession Act Section 6
Headnote
Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - s.6 as amended by Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 - Interpretation of - Held: The provisions contained in substituted s.6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 confer status of coparcener on the daughter born before or after amendment in the same - The effect of the amendment is that a daughter is made coparcener, with effect from the date of amendment i.e. 09.09.2005 and she can claim partition also, which is a necessary concomitant of the coparcenary - s.6(1) recognises a Joint Hindu family governed by Mitakshara law
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