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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
SATHI KUMAR SUKUMARA KURUP
Kamatchi – Appellant
Versus
Suseela – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. factual background of familial relations and property ownership (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 2. dispute regarding the quantum of share and entitlement (Para 7 , 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 3. judicial analysis on rights under amended hindu succession act (Para 8 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17) |
| 4. conclusion and modification of the earlier decree (Para 9 , 13) |
| 5. recalculation of shares based on legal principles established (Para 18 , 19) |
JUDGMENT :
The Defendants 4, 6, 8 and 9 in O.S. No. 137 of 2012 are on appeal praying to set aside the Judgment and decree dated 03.10.2013 made in O.S. No. 137 of 2012 on the file of the learned Principal District Judge, Namakkal.
2. The Respondents 1 and 2 in this appeal, as Plaintiffs, have filed the suit in O.S. No. 137 of 2012 for the relief of partition of the suit properties into 24 equal shares, by metes and bounds and to allot 7 such shares to them.
3. For the sake of convenience, the parties to this appeal shall be referred to as per their rank in the suit as 'Plaintiffs' and 'Defendants' as the case may be.
4. As per the plaint averments, the first Plaintiff is the second wife of Late. Kaliannan. The second Plaintiff is the daughter born to the first P
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 ....
The amendment to Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act grants daughters equal rights as coparceners, allowing them to claim shares in ancestral properties irrespective of their birth date.
Daughters have equal coparcener rights in ancestral property under the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005.
Daughters have equal rights to ancestral property under the Hindu Succession Act, and the sale of property by male heirs does not negate the rights of female heirs.
Daughters have equal rights as coparceners in ancestral properties under Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.
Daughters have the right to claim a share in ancestral property as coparceners under Sec. 6(1)(a) of the Hindu Succession Act, but their entitlement is limited by the proviso to Sec. 6(1) based on th....
Daughters have equal coparcenary rights in Hindu Undivided Family properties post-2005 amendment, but prior partitions are valid if established before the amendment.
The court affirmed that ancestral property remains so despite partition, and daughters are entitled to equal shares under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, as amended.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that properties derived by the father through a partition deed are to be treated as his self-acquired properties, as per Section 8 of the Hindu Suc....
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