Reviewed case brief
Prakash v Phulavati
(2016) 2 SCC 36
(2016) 2 SCC 36 · Supreme Court of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Year
- 2016
- Subjects
- Family Law I (Hindu Law)
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02
Rule established
The rights conferred on daughters as coparceners under the 2005 amendment to Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act are prospective; a daughter can claim coparcenary rights only if both the daughter and her father coparcener were alive on the date the amendment came into force, 9 September 2005. This position was later disapproved in Vineeta Sharma v Rakesh Sharma (2020).
Facts
Issues
Held
Ratio decidendi
How to use it in an exam
Editorial source
(2016) 2 SCC 36; superseded by Vineeta Sharma v Rakesh Sharma (2020), cross-verify citation before exam use
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