The government is working at many levels to empower women in the country at the economic and social level. Apart from this, women have also been given many constitutional rights so that they can become partners in the development of India along with men. India has been under a patriarchal structure for a long time. The tradition of dividing ancestral property from father to son has been going on for a long time. However, many things have changed in India after independence. Women have also got equal rights as men.
Often people are confused about how much right a daughter has in her father's property. If you also want to know about this question, then today we are going to tell you about this. Let's know about it in detail -
Under the Hindu Succession Amendment Act 2005, daughters have been given equal rights in ancestral property. However, these rights will be given to only those daughters whose father died after September 9, 2005.
If the father dies without making a will, then the daughters as well as the sons will have equal rights on the property acquired by him.
Apart from this, after the marriage of a daughter, her marital status does not affect her right to her father's property. Under Section 15(2) B, if a woman inherits property from her husband or father-in-law, then in the absence of children, the property goes to the heirs of the husband.
If a daughter inherits property from her parents and she does not have children, then the property is given to the heirs of the father.
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