Married Daughters Get Equal Property Rights: Landmark 2005 Act Explained

• The 2005 amendment to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, grants married daughters equal rights in their father's property, akin to sons.
• This amendment came into effect on September 9, 2005; a daughter must have been alive on this date to claim her share.
• A daughter's right to property is linked to her birth, not her father's survival on the amendment date.
• In cases like Prashant Lal's, where the father passed before 2000 but the married sister was alive in 2005, she has an equal share.
• Property can be divided equally among mother, son, and daughter, or unequally with consent; the daughter can also relinquish her share.

Why It Matters: Married daughters have equal rights in ancestral property under the 2005 Hindu Succession Act amendment.