Supreme Court of India

Danamma @ Suman Surpur & Anr. v. Amar and Ors.

Neutral citation
Bench A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan JJ.
Decided 1 February 2018
Status Partly Overruled

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the rights under the amendment are applicable to living daughters of living coparceners as on 9-9- 2005 irrespective of when such daughters are born.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 – s.6 – Applicability of – One ‘GS’ died in 2001 leaving behind his widow, two daughters (appellants) and two sons, including ‘AK’ – Suit for partition filed by respondent no.1 (son of ‘AK’ ), decreed by Trial Court holding that appellants were not entitled to any share as they were born prior to the enactment of the 1956 Act – Appeal filed by appellants, dismissed by High Court – Review Petition there against, also dismissed – Held: Section 6, as amended, stipulates that on and from the commencement of the Amendment Act, 2005, the daughter of a…

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to · 2 mentioned · 1 partly overruled

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