Hindu Succession Act,1956- Rights of Daughters Explained - 2022
A Joint Hindu Family was always considered to be a larger body than a Hindu Coparcenary under the old Hindu Law, even before the Hindu Succession Act of 1956 or its earlier enactments. As the name suggests, Hindu Joint Families include married and unmarried members lineally descended from the same ancestor.Coparcenary, however, consisted of a common male ancestor and the three lineal male descendants of that individual i.e., the common male ancestor, his son, his grandson, and his great-grandson. In the old Hindu law, joint Hindu family properties could only be owned by the male descendants of Coparcenaries. As mentioned, a Coparcenary would be comprised of male descendants up to three generations, i.e., up to the great-grandsons. By virtue of birth or adoption, all male descendants would automatically become co-parents. Coparcenary status was not open to women from Hindu joint families. The old Hindu law recognized that only a co-marcener had the right to demand a...