https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272906 A minor coparcener and a daughter in an undivided Hindu joint family may maintain a suit for maintenance against the family manager, even though a right to partition exists. The right to maintenance was treated as an inherent incident of coparcenary and joint ownership, arising from the joint family property itself and continuing while the family remains joint. The Court rejected the view that a coparcener must first sue for partition before claiming maintenance, and also rejected the contention that a daughter can proceed only against her father, since the obligation is enforceable against the joint family estate as a whole. en-us Wed, 29 Nov 1939 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 24 May 2018 13:27:04 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272906 A minor coparcener and a daughter in an undivided Hindu joint family may maintain a suit for maintenance against the family manager, even though a right to partition exists. The right to maintenance was treated as an inherent incident of coparcenary and joint ownership, arising from the joint family property itself and continuing while the family remains joint. The Court rejected the view that a coparcener must first sue for partition before claiming maintenance, and also rejected the contention that a daughter can proceed only against her father, since the obligation is enforceable against the joint family estate as a whole. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 29 Nov 1939 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272906