https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190627 Under the amended Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, a daughter becomes a coparcener by birth with the same rights and liabilities as a son in Mitakshara coparcenary property. The Delhi High Court held that, once this equal coparcenary status exists, there is no basis to exclude an eldest female coparcener from acting as Karta; the eldest coparcener may perform that role whether male or female. The Court further held that a daughter's coparcenary and succession rights are not taken away by marriage or by the prior death of her father, subject to the statutory saving for prior partitions and dispositions. en-us Tue, 22 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 07 May 2024 18:40:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190627 Under the amended Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, a daughter becomes a coparcener by birth with the same rights and liabilities as a son in Mitakshara coparcenary property. The Delhi High Court held that, once this equal coparcenary status exists, there is no basis to exclude an eldest female coparcener from acting as Karta; the eldest coparcener may perform that role whether male or female. The Court further held that a daughter's coparcenary and succession rights are not taken away by marriage or by the prior death of her father, subject to the statutory saving for prior partitions and dispositions. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 22 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190627