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Delhi High Court rules that a granddaughter’s right to maintenance can convert a life estate into absolute ownership, strengthening women’s succession rights.
Is an unregistered will valid in India? Learn how property is divided among siblings under the Indian Succession Act and Hindu Succession Act, with court insights.
Punjab & Haryana High Court rules that widows can freely sell non-ancestral property, striking down discriminatory customs as unconstitutional under Article 14.
Orissa High Court ruled that a wife’s rights as a Class-I heir under the Hindu Succession Act prevail over bank nomination, holding nominees act only as trustees.
Supreme Court rulings clarify that daughters alive on September 9, 2005 have equal coparcenary rights in HUF ancestral property, ensuring gender equality in inheritance law.