Chhattisgarh High Court ruled that under Mitakshara law, a daughter cannot claim share in her father’s property if he died before 1956 and has a surviving son. Under this law, succession and inheritance were based on male lineage. Property, whether ancestral/self-acquired, would pass to male heirs by survivorship. Daughter’s right to inherit arose only if there was no male issue.
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Dharini Mudgal /
11:12 am on
27 Oct