https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=36727 Property allotted on partition of a larger Hindu joint family retains the character of ancestral property only vis-a -vis male issue; where the coparcener dies without male issue, it is treated as his separate property. On that footing, he could deal with it as absolute owner during his lifetime, and his wife or daughter had no vested interest in it before succession opened. Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 applied only to Mitakshara coparcenary property and not to separate property in the deceased's hands; succession therefore fell under Section 8. The Hindu Women's Rights to Property Act, 1937 was also inapplicable, and the entire property passed as separate property. en-us Mon, 28 Apr 1980 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:38:41 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=36727 Property allotted on partition of a larger Hindu joint family retains the character of ancestral property only vis-a -vis male issue; where the coparcener dies without male issue, it is treated as his separate property. On that footing, he could deal with it as absolute owner during his lifetime, and his wife or daughter had no vested interest in it before succession opened. Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 applied only to Mitakshara coparcenary property and not to separate property in the deceased's hands; succession therefore fell under Section 8. The Hindu Women's Rights to Property Act, 1937 was also inapplicable, and the entire property passed as separate property. Case-Laws Income Tax Mon, 28 Apr 1980 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=36727