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Bombay High Court rules that children born from a void marriage under Hindu law retain coparcenary rights in ancestral property, overriding prior collusive decrees. The judgment reinforces that admissions in earlier suits cannot estop legitimate heirs from claiming their share, ensuring equitable property distribution.
Bombay High Court's Nagpur Bench rules that daughters are coparceners by birth under the amended Hindu Succession Act, 2005, regardless of whether their father died before the amendment's effective date. The judgment overturns the prior 'notional partition' approach, ensuring gender-equal inheritance rights in ancestral property for all daughters, irrespective of the father's date of death.
Madras High Court rules that a life tenant under a settlement deed holds only limited rights and cannot transfer absolute ownership of the property. The property devolves equally among legal heirs under Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, irrespective of possession or consent, reinforcing the statutory succession framework over private settlements.
Karnataka High Court rules that a daughter's coparcenary rights under the 2005 amendment to the Hindu Succession Act are birthrights, overriding any testamentary disposition by the father, even if the will was executed before the amendment. This decision reinforces that ancestral property rights of daughters cannot be extinguished by prior wills, ensuring equal inheritance rights.