Supreme Court of India

Arunachala Gounder (dead) by Lrs. v. Ponnusamy and Ors.

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Bench S. Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari JJ.
Decided 20 January 2022

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Hindu Succession Act, 1956: Self acquired property of male Hindu dying intestate – Right of daughter of such male Hindu to inherit – Held: If a property of a male Hindu dying intestate is a self acquired property or obtained in partition of a co-parcenery or a family property, the same would devolve by inheritance and not by survivorship, and a daughter of such a male Hindu would be entitled to inherit such property in preference to other collaterals – In the case at hands, since the property in question was admittedly the self-acquired property of male Hindu despite the family being in state…

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