Daughter’s Property Rights:- The government amended the law in 2005 regarding the rights of daughters to inherit property from their fathers. However, people still do not understand this law. By the way, daughters still hesitate to ask for their rights in the father’s property. Even after the amendment in the law, daughters are not getting their rights. Let’s understand this law properly.
What is the law?
The government made a big amendment in the law in 2005 regarding the rights of daughters. The government amended the Hindu Succession Act in 2005. According to the rule, daughters have as much right to the father’s property as sons. Not only this, but whether the daughter is married or unmarried, she has the same right to the father’s property as a son. The law was amended to allow for a change in long-standing thinking.
Daughters have equal rights in ancestral property
According to the Hindu Succession Act, the daughter has rights not only in personal property but also in ancestral property. That is, if the father has inherited any property, then the daughters have a right over it. That is, daughters have as much right as sons. However, this was not the case before 2005.
What are the rights of the father?
If the father has made a will before his death, then this thing can change. The father has the right to divide the property by making a will according to his wish. If the will states that after the father’s death, only the son will have the right to the property, then the daughters cannot do anything beyond this. However, this law will not apply to ancestral property i.e. property received through a will. Following the 2005 amendment, sons and daughters have equal rights to the property received through a will.