https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=774725 The amended Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 was treated as conferring coparcenary rights on daughters by birth, with equal rights and liabilities as sons, subject to the statutory savings for recognised partitions and dispositions. Sections 3 and 4 of the Kerala Joint Hindu Family System (Abolition) Act, 1975 were held repugnant to that amended central provision to the extent they denied birthright coparcenary status and operated through deemed partition. Applying Vineeta Sharma, the court affirmed that daughters in Kerala are entitled to equal coparcenary shares, and the joint family character of the property supported partition in favour of the plaintiffs. en-us Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 14 Jul 2025 08:36:29 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=774725 The amended Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 was treated as conferring coparcenary rights on daughters by birth, with equal rights and liabilities as sons, subject to the statutory savings for recognised partitions and dispositions. Sections 3 and 4 of the Kerala Joint Hindu Family System (Abolition) Act, 1975 were held repugnant to that amended central provision to the extent they denied birthright coparcenary status and operated through deemed partition. Applying Vineeta Sharma, the court affirmed that daughters in Kerala are entitled to equal coparcenary shares, and the joint family character of the property supported partition in favour of the plaintiffs. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=774725