Daughter cannot claim share in father’s property if succession opened before 1956: Chhattisgarh HC

A daughter cannot claim a share in her father’s property if succession opened before the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. The Chhattisgarh High Court ruled that inheritance follows Mitakshara Law in such cases. This law grants daughters property rights only in the absence of male heirs. The court upheld lower court decisions dismissing a daughter’s claim to ancestral property.