Self-acquired property of Hindu male deceased before Hindu Succession Act devolves by inheritance; daughter entitled to it: Supreme Court

The Court held that if the property of a male Hindu dying intestate is a self-acquired property, the same would devolve by inheritance and not by survivorship.
Justices Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari
Justices Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari

The Supreme Court on Thursday has held that even in cases prior to Hindu Succession Act, 1956, if a property of a male Hindu dying intestate is a self-acquired property or obtained in the partition of a coparcenary or a family property, the same would devolve by inheritance and not by survivorship, and a daughter of such a male Hindu would be entitled to inherit such property in preference to other collaterals [Arunachala Gounder vs Ponnusamy].

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