Reviewed case brief
Vineeta Sharma v Rakesh Sharma
(2020) 9 SCC 1
(2020) 9 SCC 1 · Supreme Court of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Year
- 2020
- Subjects
- Family Law I (Hindu Law)
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02
Rule established
Daughters have coparcenary rights by birth in the Hindu Undivided Family, equal to sons, under the substituted Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act 1956 (as amended in 2005), irrespective of whether the father coparcener was alive on the date of the 2005 amendment.
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Ratio decidendi
How to use it in an exam
Editorial source
(2020) 9 SCC 1; landmark three-judge bench decision, widely reported, cross-verify exact citation before exam use
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