Rights of daughters in coparcenary property if suit for partition filed before 09.09.2005 and decree been passed after 09.09.2005

Danamma @ Suman Surpur vs Amar (Supreme Court of India) The law relating to a joint Hindu family governed by the Mitakshara law has undergone unprecedented changes. The said changes have been brought forward to address the growing need to merit equal treatment to the nearest female relatives, namely daughters of a coparcener. The section stipulates that a daughter would be a coparcener from her birth, and would have the same rights and liabilities as that of a son. The daughter would hold property to which she is entitled as a coparcenary property, which would be construed as property being ca...