#daughter's inheritance

The Punjab & Haryana High Court ruled that daughters cannot challenge property transactions completed by their father before 20.12.2004, as the 2005 amendment to the Hindu Succession Act is prospective. The decision reinforces that pre-amendment alienations remain valid, even if litigation was pending at the time of the amendment.

Chhattisgarh High Court reaffirms that daughters' coparcenary rights under the 2005 amendment to Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act are absolute and cannot be extinguished by informal partitions or revenue mutations without explicit, documented relinquishment. The ruling reinforces equal inheritance rights for daughters, invalidating undocumented family settlements that seek to bypass statutory protections.