The Madras High Court recently ruled that Hindu daughters, as class-I legal heirs, can inherit their late father’s share of joint family property even if his their mother has subsequently remarried.
The remarriage part is particularly important as prior to 2005 the Hindu Succession Act said that women who remarried after their husband’s death could not inherit her husband’s property. But after 2005 this restriction was removed. Since this case relates to Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (prior to 2005), so the remarriage angle is important in this case.
