When the Hindu Succession Act was enacted in 1956; the legislators didn’t actually felt any need for giving equal rights to daughters in the coparcenary property of the father, due to their belief that the daughter will be a part of another family after her marriage and thus should not have right to inherit anything from her father’s property.
--Timeline of this Video, Please don't miss the Animated Quick Revision--
0:00 Introduction to Hindu Succession Act
1:47 Gender Discrimination
3:05 2005 Amendment Act (Section 6)
5:35 Case Analysis
7:36 Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma
8:15 Quick Revision
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In this Video we are going to discuss:
1. The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - An Act of the Parliament of India that was enacted to amend and codify the law on intestate or unwilled succession among Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs i.e. the Act deals only with intestate succession.
2. Section 6 of Hindu Succession Act - Before and After the 2005 Amendment
3. The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act 2005 - It addressed various gender inequalities in the previous act.
4. Important Case Laws: Prakash and others v. Phulavati (2016), Danamma v. Amar (2018), and the
recent case of Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma 2020 the bench the Supreme Court ruled that daughters have an equal right in the parental property the same as the son, even if the father died before the Hindu succession (amendment) act 2005.
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