Corporate Law : Comparative analysis of Hindu (HSA, 2005 Amendment) and Muslim (Faraid) laws on inheritance, succession, and maintenance, detailin...
Income Tax : HUF acts as an effective tax planning instrument. HUF stands for Hindu Undivided Family. HUF is considered as separate legal entit...
Income Tax : Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) under Income Tax Act, its formation, advantages, and disadvantages. Understand difference between cop...
Income Tax : Learn about Hindu Undivided Family (HUF), its formation, tax-saving benefits, and the rules in India. Discover the advantages and ...
Corporate Law : Explore the lifelong struggle of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar against caste-based discrimination in Hinduism. Learn about Ambedkar's quest fo...
Finance : An unmarried Hindu woman is entitled to equal share in ancestral or coparcenery property along with other male members under the a...
Finance : The marriage between a Hindu and a non-Hindu solemnised as per the Hindu rites is neither valid nor the parties can claim any bene...
Finance : he Bombay High Court ruled on Wednesday that no part of an ancestral family property can be ‘gifted’ away. The court in a land...
Corporate Law : SC settled the issue as to whether a child, born from a invalid marriage under Hindu Marriage Act, is entitled to ancestral/coparc...
Corporate Law : SC held Hindu Widow had pre-existing right to maintenance in suit property that had ripened into full ownership by virtue of Secti...
Corporate Law : Rajeshwari Vs Bhunu Ram (Chhattisgarh High Court) Section 20 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 speaks about the mai...
Corporate Law : ince the plaintiff and defendants are coparcener of the joint Hindu as per Hindu Succession Act as amended in 2005, the daughters ...
Corporate Law : In a suit for partition, the properties which had been given as dowry or otherwise at the time of marriage of the daughter plainti...
ince the plaintiff and defendants are coparcener of the joint Hindu as per Hindu Succession Act as amended in 2005, the daughters are also entitled for getting equal share in the property inherited by their parents. The suit land is inherited by deceased Kachra Bai, as such defendants and plaintiff are entitled to get equal share in the property as per Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act as amended in 2005.
In a suit for partition, the properties which had been given as dowry or otherwise at the time of marriage of the daughter plaintiff, claiming a right of partition under Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, would be amenable for partition and the same would have to be included in a suit for partition.
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the daughters of a male Hindu dying without a will would be entitled to inherit self-acquired and other properties obtained in the partition by the father.
HUF (Hindu Undivided family) is peculiar concept under Hindu Law which is not prevalent in any other religion. All the assets of an HUF are owned collectively by all the members. As the share of each of the members in the HUF assets fluctuates with death and birth in the family, no member can predicate […]
Hindu law is derived from old scriptures and has developed over the years with judicial pronouncements. Some of the laws applicable to Hindu have been codified in 1956 with passing of legislations like Hindu Marriage Act, Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Hindu Adoption an maintenance Act and Hindu Minority and Guardian ship Act. The most important […]
Kiran Devi Vs The Bihar State Sunni Wakf Board & Ors. (Supreme Court) 1. Supreme Court on Hindu Undivided Family, there cannot be any Presumption That Business Run By Karta In Tenented Premise Is Joint Family Asset. 2. The contract of tenancy is an independent contract than the joint Hindu family business. 3. Just because […]
A women’s place in the marriage has been the cause of many matrimonial disputes. What is expected of a wife/daughter-in-law poses a problem in maintaining a healthy marriage. With the passage of time, the norms of society have changed and women no longer belong in the households only.
Interpretation of Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. Article explains the latest judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, delivered on 11-8-2020, in the case of ‘Vineeta Sharma Vs. Rakesh Sharma’, on the interpretation of Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, as amended by the Amendment Act of 2005. Introduction On […]
In a significant judgment on Tuesday, the Supreme Court of India ruled that a daughter will have a share in her ancestral property after the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 irrespective of the fact whether her father was alive or not at the time of the amendment.
Equality reaffirmed by the Supreme Court in a recent judgement delivered on August 11, 2020. It has been held that a daughter will have a share under the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, irrespective of whether her father was alive or not at the time of the amendment.
