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Property Rights for Deceased Daughters
July 31 , 2026
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- The Madras High Court ruled that Hindu daughters who died before September 9, 2005 are not entitled to equal coparcenary rights in ancestral property.
- The Court said a Hindu daughter must have been alive on September 9, 2005, when the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 came into force, to get equal coparcenary rights.
- The legal heirs of a daughter who died before September 9, 2005 cannot claim coparcenary rights because she never acquired those rights.
- The Court clarified that a daughter's date of birth is not important; only her being alive on the amendment date matters.
- Daughters who were alive on September 9, 2005 have the same rights as sons in ancestral (coparcenary) property.
- The judgment was delivered by the Madras High Court (Tamil Nadu) while deciding a family property dispute.
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