Bombay High Court Allows Second Appeal in Property Dispute Between Siblings — Daughter Held Entitled to Share in Ancestral Property Under Hindu Succession Act, 1956. Court clarifies that daughter's right to inherit from father dying in 1944 is governed by the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, and not by pre-1956 customary law, as the Act applies retrospectively for succession opening after its commencement.
1 Apr 2019The case involves a dispute between a brother (defendant/appellant) and his sister (plaintiff/respondent) over ancestral agricultural land. Their fath...




