Supreme Court of India

Ganduri Koteshwaramma & Anr. v. Chakiri Yanadi & Anr.

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Reported as [2011] 12 S.C.R. 968
Bench R.M. Lodha and Jagdish Singh Khehar JJ.
Decided 12 October 2011

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4 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the view that unless a partition of the property is c effected by metes and pounds, the daughters cannot be deprived of the benefits conferred by the Act.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - s. 6 (as amended by Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005): Devolution of interest in coparcenary property - Rights and liabilities of the daughter- Held: Daughter of a copercener becomes a coparcener by birth in her own rights and liabilities in the same manner as the son - This is effective from 0 September 9, 2005 - Right accrued to a daughter in the property is absolute, except where disposition or alienation including any partition/testamentary disposition of property has taken place before December 2fJ, 2004, as provided in the proviso to sub-section (1) of

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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