The 1956 Hindu Succession Act accords sons and daughters’ equal status as heirs, ensuring uniform inheritance rights and expressly discarding any distinction based on gender.

Pursuant to the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, a daughter is recognised as a coparcener by birth, vesting in her the same proprietary interest, rights of partition, and liabilities as those of a son

Yes, the elder sister is a class I legal heir; she can claim a share in the property purchased by her father unless a will deprives her of the entitlement.

The statutory scheme governing intestate succession mandates equal and simultaneous devolution of property among all Class I heirs, leaving no legal basis for preferential claims by any sibling.

Self-acquired property devolves in equal shares upon the Class I heirs listed in the Schedule to the Act, including sons and daughters, in accordance with Section.

A father enjoys absolute testamentary freedom in respect of his self-acquired property, subject to the will being legally executed and free from fraud, coercion, or undue influence.

Self-acquired property of a living person cannot be forced into partition. Similarly, property gifted or willed exclusively to a single person cannot be partitioned among siblings.

Testamentary disposition is restricted to the testator’s undivided share in ancestral property. The coparcenary interests of other heirs cannot be defeated or diluted.

A daughter as a coparcener is legally entitled to seek partition of ancestral property during the father’s lifetime, subject to procedural compliance.