Married daughter not to get share in father's 4 acre ancestral land in this case, rules High Court; know how it impacts family successionThe Chhattisgarh High Court ruled that a married daughter is not entitled to a share in her father's ancestral land if he died before 1956....
02 Nov, 2025, 08.59 AM IST
Maternal grandchildren have no birthright in ancestral property: Bombay HC clarifies Hindu Succession Act scopeIn the Vishwambhar v. Sow Sunanda case, the Bombay High Court ruled that the granddaughter who sought a partition of and claimed a share in...
27 Oct, 2025, 05.40 PM IST
Children of second wife also entitled to inherit their late Hindu father’s ancestral property: Odisha High CourtChildren from a late Hindu husband's first and second marriages will share his ancestral property. The Odisha High Court clarified that off...
27 Oct, 2025, 05.15 PM IST
Daughters can't claim a share in father's property if...: HC lays down key condition for inheritanceChhattisgarh High Court ruled daughters cannot inherit ancestral property if succession opened before 1956. Mitakshara Law applied then, gr...
24 Oct, 2025, 04.35 PM IST
Uncle sold their grandfather’s 2 acre land without giving them a share, sister’s children files case, loses in Kerala High Court because of Hindu Law of SuccessionA sister's children claimed rights to their grandfather's land sold by their uncle. The Kerala High Court ruled against them. The court fou...
23 Oct, 2025, 06.30 PM IST
Granddaughter says father and aunt denied her share in grandfather’s property; Delhi Court quotes Hindu Succession Act to reject her claimThe Delhi High Court dismissed K. Jain's plea. She sought a share in her late paternal grandfather, Mr. Pawan's property. Mr. Pawan died in...
08 Oct, 2025, 12.33 PM IST
Children from invalid marriages have right to property, rules SCThe bench, however, clarified that children born out of void/voidable marriages will not have any rights on the property of any other perso...
01 Sep, 2023, 11.32 PM IST
Nikkhil Advani's series 'The Empire' will get Disney+ Hotstar premiere on August 27Actor Kunal Kapoor, who is making his digital debut, features as an emperor.
09 Aug, 2021, 10.54 AM IST
Film-maker Nikkhil Advani to collaborate with Disney+ Hotstar for 'The Empire' seriesAdvani had previously worked with the streamer for 'November Story' and 'Grahan'.
09 Jul, 2021, 03.23 PM IST
Inheritance rights of women in own, husband's ancestral property, coparcenary propertyA widow's share in the joint family property of the deceased husband is only up to the share that would have come to him out of that family...
11 Jun, 2021, 11.00 AM IST
An opportunity for Chhattisgarh govt to walk the talk on educationChhattisgarh has languished below national average in achievement surveys like Pratham’s Annual Status of Education Report or National Achi...
13 Jun, 2019, 04.51 PM IST
Bangur family feud: Daughter-in-law may move contempt plea against father-in-lawEarlier, a court-mandated mediation over the assets of the Bangur family had come to naught.
10 Dec, 2018, 10.51 AM IST
Women born before 2005 too have right to ancestral assets: Supreme CourtAgreeing with their plea, the SC set aside the HC order and said the year of birth was not a criterion to decide whether a woman was covere...
03 Feb, 2018, 10.50 AM IST
Probe over Rahul Gandhi’s presence at EVM enclosures appears to be just an eyewashHowever, a TOI correspondent and a photographer who were present there confirm that voting was indeed on when Rahul was inspecting the mach...
11 May, 2014, 01.15 PM IST
Court set up in hotel as frail Sikh man sues sonJasminder Singh, 62 is being sued by his father Bal Mohinder Singh, who accuses him of abandoning the Sikh tradition.
26 Nov, 2013, 11.55 AM IST
- UK Sikh hotelier to be sued by father over family fortune
A prominent British Sikh hotelier is being sued by his 86-year-old father for abandoning the Sikh tradition of sharing family wealth.
18 Nov, 2013, 07.02 PM IST
Formation of HUF for tax benefit: All you want to knowAn HUF is automatically constituted after marriage. It can also be formed by partition of an existing HUF into multiple units.
10 Jun, 2013, 09.42 AM IST