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Sunday, February 22, 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

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.