The Supreme Court gave Hindu daughters their rightful due of their Father’s property by extending the scope of a beneficial legislation introduced in 2005 to cases where the father was not alive on the date when the law was introduced.
A Three judge bench headed by jusitce Arun mishra ruled that the 2005 which amended the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, to Say a daughter would have the same rights as the son, would also apply irrespective of whether she was born before or after the amendment. further, it ruled that she could not be denied her share on the ground that her father died before the law into effect.
