Hindu Succession Act 2005 gives daughters equal inheritance

The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, is an act of the Parliament of India that amended the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. It received the assent of the President of India on 5 September 2005 and came into force on 9 September 2005. The amendment was primarily aimed at eliminating ...

Class II heirs are categorized as follows and are given the property of the deceased in the following order: ... Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, females are granted ownership of all property acquired either before or after the signing of the Act, abolishing their "limited owner" status. However, it was not until the 2005 Amendment ...

(3)Where a Hindu dies after the commencement of the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, his interest in the property of a Joint Hindu family governed by the Mitakshara law, shall devolve by testamentary or intestate succession, as the case may be, under this Act and not by survivorship, ...

(4)After the commencement of the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, no court shall recognise any right to proceed against a son, grandson or great­-grandson for the recovery of any debt due from his father, grandfather or great-grandfather solely on the ground of the pious obligation under the Hindu law, of such son, grandson or great-grandson to discharge any such debt:Provided that in the case of any debt contracted before the commencement of the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, nothing contained in this sub-section shall affect—

Amendment of section 4. ... Substitution of new section for section 6. ... Act, 2005 had not been enacted. Explanation.-For the purposes of clause (a), the expression "son", "grandson" or "great-grandson" shall be deemed to refer to the son, grandson or great-grandson, as the case may be, who was born or adopted · prior to the commencement of the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act,

[5th September, 2005.] An Act further to amend the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.

The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 (39 of 2005) was enacted to remove gender discriminatory provisions in the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. Under the amendment, the daughter of a coparcener shall by birth become a coparcener in her own right in the same manner as the son.

http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/hsuccact(1).htm (14 of 24)4/16/2005 4:45:51 PM ... Clause (a) of the sub s. (1) does not include the widow of a predeceased son and the · husband of a predeceased daughter in the category of heirs. On the death of a female · intestate, the daughter of the predeceased son is given the preference over the sister of her · husband.-Mohindero v. Kartar Singh AIR 1991 SC 257. 16. Order of succession and manner of distribution among heirs of a female Hindu

It governs coparcenary and intestate succession, not testamentary freedom, which a Hindu male has always enjoyed under Section 30 of the 1956 Act over his separate property and self-acquired property.