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This article offers a clear overview of daughters’ property rights under Hindu law—how the law under Hindu Succession Act, 1956 worked before the 2005 Amendment, and how the amendment transformed daughters into coparceners by birth. It traces the major Supreme Court rulings leading up to Vineeta Sharma (2020) 9 SCC 1, clarifies common myths, and answers practical FAQs.
“The sisters executed the Relinquishment Deeds (‘RD’) to release their share in favour of their brother, and there was no economic consideration exchanged at the time of the execution. All the RDs were basically acknowledging the bequest made by the father in favour of his son.”
“Ancestral property is a rightful heritage, not a personal asset.”
by Aparna N.*and Nayana Tara BG**
Madras High Court: G. Jaya Chandran, J., expressed that the individual property can blend with the ancestral property or with the joint
Bombay High Court: R.D. Dhanuka, J., held that relinquishment of properties held by the legal heirs of a person whose properties were