Hindu Succession Act
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stated that, under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, for a Hindu widow to get the complete ownership rights of a property belonging to her husband, she need not have to be in actual physical possession of the property. The judgement was given by a division bench comprising [...] Continue Reading »
An unmarried Hindu woman is entitled to equal share in ancestral or coparcenery property along with other male members under the amended Hindu Succession Act, the Supreme Court has held. Coparcenary refers to equal inheritance which was restricted only to male members of the Hindu Undivided Family but after succesive amendments several states have chosen [...] Continue Reading »
