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- Calling property ‘ancestral’ isn’t enough: Courts demand clear chain of title and documentary proof
- Not all family properties are ancestral: Son has no birthright in father’s self-acquired assetsA recent court ruling clarifies property rights. A son does not automatically inherit a father's self-acquired property. Birthrights only a...13 Mar, 2026, 11.39 AM IST
- Can a mother cut a son out of her Will? Kerala HC backs mother who inherited 46 cents of land from her husband and denied son a shareFather had got 46 cents of land from family partition; he gifted the land to wife; wife registers a Will excluding one son from getting a s...05 Mar, 2026, 11.07 AM IST
- Granddaughter can’t claim a share in maternal grandfather’s property in this condition, rules Bombay High CourtIn a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court has denied a granddaughter's claim to her maternal grandfather's ancestral property, clarify...16 Sep, 2025, 02.53 PM IST
- UCC may bar religious divorce, remarriage on any pre-conditionUCC may take a nuanced position on coparcenary rights of male heirs in the Hindu Undivided Family system, citing equal succession rights fo...26 Jan, 2024, 11.12 PM IST
- Inheritance rights: How self-acquired, ancestral property will go to different categories of childrenIf the parents pass away intestate, the minor child, being a class I heir, will have the first right to the property, but cannot manage it ...28 Nov, 2023, 11.34 AM IST
- Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code likely next weekAn expert panel, which is due to submit its report and the draft Bill to the state government, is learnt to have reworked its earlier propo...11 Nov, 2023, 11.21 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
- Supreme Court examines if illegitimate child has right over ancestral propertyAs some of the contesting counsel veered towards a consensus that under Section 16(3) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1956 a child born to a voi...27 Jul, 2023, 10.59 AM IST
- Uniform Civil Code draft ready to be submitted to govt, says panel head Ranjana DesaiThe draft of the proposed Uniform Civil Code for Uttarakhand is complete and will soon be submitted to the state government. The code takes...30 Jun, 2023, 02.44 PM IST
- Uttarakhand panel's report on uniform civil code: What lies in storeThe most crucial recommendations it is likely to make are equal property rights for women, including Muslims, raising the marriage age for ...30 Jun, 2023, 12.13 PM IST
- Uttrakhand panel set to propose equal property rights for Muslim women; no coparcenary rights for malesThe five-member panel, chaired by retired Justice Ranjana Desai, is holding its final rounds of meetings as it vets the draft plans for equ...04 May, 2023, 12.32 AM IST
- Can uncle stake a claim to the entire ancestral property, including my father’s share?Class I legal heirs can claim their share over the property along with other legal heirs, if any, in case the property is self-acquired and...29 Nov, 2021, 06.30 AM IST
- When is a daughter legal heir of her parent's assets and when she is not?The Supreme Court in its judgement gave equal rights to daughters as sons. Would it mean that under no circumstances can a daughter be deni...14 Nov, 2021, 11.07 AM IST
- Legal rights of husband over property of Hindu wife who dies without willAs per Hindu Succession Act, 1956, there is a scenario where the husband of a Hindu woman who has died intestate will not be the legal heir...03 Jul, 2021, 09.51 AM 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
- Daughters have equal coparcenary rights in joint Hindu family property: Supreme CourtA three-judge bench of Justices Arun Mishra, S Nazeer and M R Shah said the provisions contained in substituted Section 6 of the Hindu Succ...12 Aug, 2020, 07.25 AM IST
- Estate planning: What are the coparcenary rights of a daughter in a joint family business?The Hindu Succession Act 2005 gives the daughter the same rights in a coparcenary property as the son. By birth she becomes the coparcener ...30 Mar, 2020, 06.30 AM IST
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