Which Delhi High Court decision of 2015 held that the senior-most female coparcener could be Karta of a…
In Sujata Sharma v. Manu Gupta, decided on 22 December 2015, the Delhi High Court held that the senior-most female coparcener could be Karta of the Hindu undivided family.…
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Which Delhi High Court decision of 2015 held that the senior-most female coparcener could be Karta of a Hindu undivided family?
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In Sujata Sharma v. Manu Gupta, decided on 22 December 2015, the Delhi High Court held that the senior-most female coparcener could be Karta of the Hindu undivided family. The court applied the equal coparcenary status conferred by the amended section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.
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Option A
The Supreme Court addressed daughters’ statutory coparcenary rights in this decision.
Option B
The Delhi High Court held that the senior-most female coparcener could be Karta.
Option C
This earlier Supreme Court decision concerned the pre-amendment position and was not the Delhi High Court ruling in 2015.
Option D
This is a Supreme Court decision and is not the Delhi High Court ruling on a female Karta.
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