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Vineeta Sharma VS Rakesh Sharma - 2020 4 Supreme 193 : Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, as amended by the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, a daughter is conferred the status of coparcener in the joint Hindu family property by birth, with the same rights and liabilities as a son. This right is effective from 9.9.2005, regardless of whether the father coparcener was alive on that date. Since the daughter was born before the amendment, she can claim her share in the coparcenary property with effect from 9.9.2005, subject to the savings provided in Section 6(1) for any disposition, alienation, partition, or testamentary disposition that took place before 20th December, 2004. Therefore, the daughter has a right in the joint Hindu family property as a coparcener.Checking relevance for Radha Bai VS Ram Narayan...

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Commissioner Of Wealth Tax, Kanpur VS Chander Sen - 1986 0 Supreme(SC) 216 : Under Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, the property of a Hindu dying intestate devolves on his Class I heirs, which include his son and daughter. The Act explicitly includes the daughter as a Class I heir, and she succeeds to the property of her father in her individual capacity, not as part of a joint Hindu family. The Act overrides the prior Hindu law, which recognized a right by birth in ancestral property for sons and grandsons, but excludes the son''''s son (grandson) from inheriting directly from the grandfather. However, the daughter, being a Class I heir, has a direct right to inherit the property of her father. The property inherited by the daughter does not become joint family property in her hands unless she is part of a Hindu undivided family (HUF) and the property is contributed to it. Therefore, a daughter has a right in her father''''s property as a Class I heir under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, and this right is not dependent on the existence of a joint family or coparcenary.Checking relevance for Sheela Devi VS Lal Chand...

Sheela Devi VS Lal Chand - 2006 8 Supreme 814 : Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, where a coparcener dies leaving behind a female relative specified in Class I of the Schedule (such as a daughter), the interest in Mitakshara coparcenary property devolves by intestate succession and not by survivorship. Since the father died in 1956 and left behind a daughter (a Class I heir), the daughter is entitled to inherit the father''''s share in the joint Hindu family property by intestate succession, not by survivorship. This principle applies regardless of whether the son was born before or after the Act came into force, as long as the daughter is a Class I heir. The daughter''''s right arises under Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, which governs succession to coparcenary property when there are female heirs in Class I.Checking relevance for Arunachala Gounder (Dead) By Lrs. VS Ponnusamy...

Arunachala Gounder (Dead) By Lrs. VS Ponnusamy - 2022 2 Supreme 272 : Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, a daughter does not have a right to inherit joint Hindu family property (coparcenary property) by succession when her father dies intestate. Instead, the share in the coparcenary property devolves by survivorship upon the surviving coparceners, which in this case would be the son. This is based on the principle that in a joint Hindu family governed by the Mitakshara School, the interest of a deceased coparcener in the joint family property passes to the surviving coparceners by survivorship, not by inheritance. However, if the father''''s property is self-acquired or obtained in partition of a coparcenary or family property, then the daughter is entitled to inherit it in preference to other collaterals. Since the query specifically refers to ''''joint Hindu family property,'''' the applicable rule is survivorship, not succession, and thus the daughter has no right to inherit such property by succession.Checking relevance for Akshat Mittal VS Renu Mittal...

Akshat Mittal VS Renu Mittal - 2023 0 Supreme(Del) 467 : Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, a daughter has equal rights in the ancestral property of her father, including joint Hindu family property. Section 8 of the Act provides that the property of a Hindu dying intestate devolves on his heirs, and Class I heirs (which include daughters) succeed simultaneously to the exclusion of all other heirs. The Act explicitly includes daughters in Class I of the Schedule, thereby granting them equal rights in the property of their father. This is in contrast to the pre-Act Hindu law, where daughters did not have a right by birth in ancestral property. The Supreme Court in CWT v. Chander Sen (1986) 3 SCC 567 and Yudhishter vs. Ashok Kumar (1987) 1 SCC 204 affirmed that the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, has made a clear break from the old Hindu law, and that daughters now have equal rights in the joint Hindu family property. Therefore, if a father died in 1956 leaving behind a son and a daughter, the daughter would have a right in the joint Hindu family property as per the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.

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  Right of Daughter in Joint Hindu Family Property - Historically, daughters did not have rights in joint Hindu family property if the father died before 1956, the year the Hindu Succession Act was enacted. Prior to the Act, inheritance was limited, and daughters had no automatic right unless specified ["JANABAI RAMCHANDRA BHONDWE AND ANR. vs HARI LAXMAN RAKSHE AND ORS. - Bombay"].

  
  


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  Impact of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - The Act, particularly Section 6, was amended to grant daughters coparcenary rights in joint family property from the date of the Act's commencement. This means daughters born before 1956 did not automatically acquire rights unless the law was specifically applied retroactively or through judicial interpretation ["KISTO SAHU And ORS vs FULMANI DEVI And ORS - Jharkhand"].

  
  


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  Legal Position for Daughters of Deceased Fathers Before 1956 - Courts have held that daughters whose fathers died before 1956 generally did not have inheritance rights in their father's property under the pre-1956 Hindu Law. Their rights, if any, would depend on the law in force at the time of the father's death and whether the property was coparcenary or separate ["INDBOM00004910"].

  
  


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  Amendments and Judicial Interpretations - Post-2005 amendments and judicial rulings have clarified that daughters now have equal coparcenary rights in joint family property from birth, regardless of whether the father died before or after 1956. However, for cases concerning deaths before 1956, the daughter’s rights are generally not recognized unless the property was partitioned or the law was applied retroactively ["KISTO SAHU And ORS vs FULMANI DEVI And ORS - Jharkhand"].

  
  


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  Specific Case Insights - Multiple cases confirm that daughters of fathers who died prior to the enactment of the Hindu Succession Act did not have automatic inheritance rights. Their rights are recognized only if the law was applied retroactively or if the property was divided after 1956 ["SHRI BHAGWANT DAGADU CHAMBHAR (KADAM) D/HAIRS vs 1. SOU. TARABAI @ HIRABAI NIVRUTTI SONAWANE AND ORS - Bombay"], ["SMT. HOUSABAI W/O SADASHIV JAVAK. vs SMT.BHAGIRATHIBAI W/O EKNATH JAVAK and OTHER - Bombay"].

  
  

Analysis and Conclusion:

Based on the sources, if the father died in 1956 or earlier, the daughter generally does not have a right in the joint Hindu family property under the Hindu Succession Act, unless specific legal provisions or judicial rulings have extended such rights retroactively. The law has progressively recognized daughters as coparceners from 2005 onwards, but this does not typically apply to deaths prior to 1956. Therefore, in the scenario where the father died in 1956 leaving behind a son and a daughter, the daughter's right to joint family property would depend on the date of her father's death and the applicable law at that time.