Inheritance Law : Daughters to inherit self-acquired properties of Hindu fathers with no will, says Supreme Court

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 In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday said the daughters of a male Hindu, dying intestate, would be entitled to inherit the self-acquired and other properties obtained in the partition by the father and get preference over other collateral members of the family.
 “If a property of a male Hindu dying intestate (without a will) is a self-acquired property or obtained in the partition of a coparcenary or a family property, the same would devolve by inheritance and not by survivorship, and a daughter of such a male Hindu would be entitled to inherit the property in preference to other collaterals (such as sons/daughters of brothers of deceased father),” a Bench led by Justice S Abdul Nazeer and Justice Krishna Murari said.
 The judgment, which came on an appeal against the Madras High Court verdict, dealt with the property rights of Hindu women and widows under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.
These daughters would also get preference over other members of the family, such as sons and daughters of brothers of the deceased father, added the court.