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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
V.SRISHANANDA
Yashoda, W/o. Siddlingappa – Appellant
Versus
Guddappa, S/o. Rudrappa Kayakada – Respondent
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| 1. establishment of familial relations and initial claims. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 2. evidence submitted for substantiating claims of joint ownership. (Para 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 3. court’s acknowledgment of properties as joint family, dismissal of defendant claims. (Para 18 , 19 , 20) |
| 4. direction to follow updated statutory provisions for daughters' inheritance. (Para 25 , 26) |
| 5. final ruling to grant equitable distribution of property shares. (Para 28 , 29) |
JUDGMENT :
2. Present appeal came to be admitted to consider the following substantial question of law:
3. Appellants are the daughters of common propositus Rudrappa Kayakada who are the sisters of respondent Nos.1 and 2. They filed a suit for partition in O.S.No.471/2011 on the file of the Addl. Civil Judge, Davanagere, against the respondents who are the defendants.
1. The agricultural land bearing Re.Sy.No.173 of Bada village, Mayakonda Hobli, Davanagere Taluk, measuring 1 acre x 36 guntas and assessed at Rs.1.98 and bounded as follows:
East : lands of Bindamma,
North : lands of Siddalingappa,
2. The agricultural land bearing Re.Sy.No.173/2, Bada village, Mayakonda Hobli, Davanagere Taluk, measuring 32 guntas assessed at Rs.0.86
Daughters have equal coparcener rights in ancestral property under the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005.
Married daughters are entitled to a share in joint family properties, and their marital status does not negate their legal rights to inheritance as established by the Hindu Succession Act.
In matters of inheritance in joint family properties, ancestral status prevails unless a valid Will is presented; thus, equitable shares must be allocated accordingly.
A coparcener in a joint family is entitled to an equal share in ancestral properties, and mere changes in revenue records do not confer absolute title.
Amendment to the Hindu Succession Act grants daughters equal rights to inheritance in coparcenary properties, which necessitates modification of prior partition decrees that fail to account for such ....
A joint family property remains so despite claims of prior partition; a coparcener retains rights to inheritance under the Hindu Succession Act.
Legal heirs, including daughters, are entitled to equal shares in ancestral properties, as affirmed by recent Supreme Court precedent.
Daughters are recognized as coparceners under the Hindu Succession Act, 2005, entitling them to equal rights in ancestral property, irrespective of their birth date.
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