hindu law — Indian case law & digests

High CourtHigh Court of Karnataka

Karnataka High Court (2026): grandfather's self-acquired property allotted to the father in a partition is not 'ancestral', so the daughter has no coparcenary right

A Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court held in June 2026 that property a grandfather self-acquired, and which fell to the father in a family partition, remains the father's separate and individual property — it does not take on the character of ancestral property in his hands, and a daughter therefore has no coparcenary right in it by birth. A digest of the holding and the settled line of Hindu-law authority it rests on.

Valkya Editorial·21 Jun 2026·7 min

Supreme CourtSupreme Court of India

Githa Hariharan v. Reserve Bank of India (1999): the mother as natural guardian

In 1999 the Supreme Court read down 'after' in Section 6(a) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act 1956, holding the mother a natural guardian whenever the father is absent or indifferent.

Valkya Editorial·15 Jun 2026·8 min