Danamma @ Suman Surpur v. Amar

Citation(2018) 3 SCC 343
Bench2-judge
Date of Decision1 February 2018
CategoryHUF Partition
Statutes Cited["Hindu Succession Act 1956 - Section 6","Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act 2005","Constitution - Article 14"]

Ratio Decidendi

The 2005 amendment confers coparcenary status on daughters by birth, giving them same rights and liabilities as sons. A daughter is a coparcener from birth.

Headnotes

["Daughters acquire coparcenary rights by birth under 2005 amendment","Equal rights and liabilities as sons","Daughter share equals son share","Partially refined by Vineeta Sharma (2020)","Resolved conflicting retrospective interpretations"]

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Our Analysis

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