Now daughters also have equal rights in their father’s property. The government amended the law in 2005. Despite this, people are quite confused about this. Girls in society generally hesitate to claim their father’s property. Due to this, despite the amendment in the law, they are not able to get their rights. Let’s know what the law says about this.
In 2005, the government amended the law
The government took a big step in 2005 in view of the changing socio-economic conditions of the society. Then the Hindu Succession Act was amended. This rule says that daughters have as much right on their father’s property as sons. Secondly, whether a daughter is married or unmarried, she will have as much right as her brother in her father’s property. It was expected that this amendment in the law would bring about a change in the thinking that had been prevailing for decades.
Equal rights of daughters in ancestral property
After the amendment in the Hindu Succession Act, the daughter has rights not only in self-acquired assets but also in ancestral property. This means that the daughter will have as much right as the son in the property purchased by the father from his earnings. Also, if the father has inherited any property, the daughter will have rights in it too. This right will be as much as the sons have in that property. Before the amendment in 2005, married daughters had limited or no rights in inherited property. This difference was abolished in 2005.
The father can refuse to give property to the daughter in the will
If the father had made a will before his death, then the matter becomes somewhat different. The father has the right to divide the property according to his wish in the will. If it is clearly stated in the will that only the sons will have the right to the property after the father’s death, then the daughters cannot challenge it. However, it is important to keep in mind that this will not apply to ancestral property i.e. property received through a will. After the amendment in the law in 2005, sons and daughters have equal rights in the property received through a will.
