Reviewed case brief
Danamma @ Suman Surpur v Amar
(2018) 3 SCC 343
(2018) 3 SCC 343 · Supreme Court of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Year
- 2018
- Subjects
- Family Law I (Hindu Law)
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02
Rule established
Daughters are entitled to a share as coparceners in ancestral property under the amended Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act even where a partition suit was filed before the 2005 amendment came into force, so long as the partition had not been finally effected by a registered instrument or final decree before that date.
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Ratio decidendi
How to use it in an exam
Editorial source
(2018) 3 SCC 343; later approved on outcome, clarified on reasoning by Vineeta Sharma v Rakesh Sharma (2020), cross-verify citation before exam use
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