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Tuesday, April 7, 2026
TopicHindu Succession Act

Topic: Hindu Succession Act

Do Muslim wills require attestation? Supreme Court to hear the Bar’s views

Muslim personal law doesn't require will to be in writing or attested, even verbal declaration is valid. A 13-year-old case makes the SC examine the will question.

Succession law & the ‘2005’ argument: In HC’s ruling, reaffirmation of daughters’ coparcenary rights

Madras HC dismissed a brother’s argument that his sister couldn't claim share in family property because their father had passed away before the 2005 amendment in succession law.

SC has advice for all Hindu women without husband or heirs—‘make will, avoid litigation’

The apex court while listening to a plea challenging section 15(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 urged all Hindu women to make a will of their acquired property.

Twist in Sunjay Kapur family saga: Why Karisma Kapoor’s children have moved Delhi High Court

Sunjay, 53, had gotten married to the actor in 2003, with whom he shared two children, Samaira (21) and Kiaan (15). 13 years later, they got divorced by mutual consent in 2016.

In order upholding daughters’ inheritance rights, Kerala HC resolves conflict between state, central law

Sections of Kerala Joint Hindu Family System (Abolition) Act, 1975 were found to be contradictory to provisions of Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005.

SC grants inheritance rights to ST women via 1875 law, urges Centre to amend their succession laws

Judgment is significant because there is no specific law governing intestate succession among Scheduled Tribes, who are also excluded from provisions of Hindu Succession Act.

Widow who remarries not disqualified from inheriting 1st husband’s property—HC on Hindu Succession Act

Madras HC also says succession of a property opens up only on the death of its absolute owner and not when a settlement for devolving properties is executed.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.