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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> </head> <body> <div style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:12px; text-align:justify"> <table width="800" border="0" style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px;" align="center" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <br /> Supreme Court <br /><br /> No retrospective relief for Hindu women in succession<br /><br /> - (16 Oct 2015)<br /><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/imgs1.aspx?filename=43087"> Prakash and ors v. Phulavati and ors.</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#FDEDCE"><strong>In a case where a daughter contested having only a share in the self-acquired property of her father, but not in the entire property, the Supreme Court held that she could not claim retrospective application of the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, which would have put her on level pegging as a son. It determined that to avail benefit under the Amendment, her father should have been alive post its introduction for it to be the relevant law in force at the time of his death. The Court also deliberated gender discrimination, making several observations on bias against women by religious custom and in the workplace, inviting public interest litigation for the same.</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Relevant : Ms. Vaishali Satish Ganorkar & Anr. v. Mr. Satish Keshaorao Ganorkar & Ors. <manuid>MANU/MH/0090/2012</manuid> Gurupad Khandappa Magdum vs . Hirabai Khandappa Magdum and Ors . <manuid>MANU/SC/0407/1978</manuid> Section 6 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 nActCompID=67463</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Tags : Hindu succession, retrospective, application</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <!--<td><strong>Source : <a target="_new" href="http://www.manupatrafast.com/">newsroom.manupatra.com</a></strong></td>--> <td align="left" valign="top"><strong>Source : newsroom.manupatra.com</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Regards</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Team Manupatra</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>