No, daughters do not normally have higher inheritance rights than boys in the majority of legal regimes. According to contemporary legislation, both sons and daughters should get an equal part of their parents' property.
 
"Any property possessed by a female Hindu, whether acquired before or after the commencement of this Act, shall be held by her as full owner and not as a limited owner," states Section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. (Addition of emphasis)

 
 Section 14 encompasses both immovable and mobile property.  A Hindu woman may purchase real estate in the following ways:
 
• Inheritance
•  Partition
•  Maintenance or arrears of maintenance
•  gift from any person, whether a relative or not, before, at or after her marriage
•  Her own skill or exertion
•  Purchase or by prescription
•  Any such property held by her as stridhana immediately before the commencement of this act
•  Or in any other manner whatsoever

Under the Schedule of the Hindu Succession Act, a mother is a Class I heir. So her property rights are governed by the relevant sections, including Sections 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, and 16.

Under the Schedule of the Hindu Succession Act, a daughter is a Class I heir. So her property rights are governed by the relevant sections, including Sections 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, and 16.

The supreme Court’s 2018 judgement in Vineeta Sharma vs. Rakesh Sharma & Ors is also important. It said daughters enjoy equal coparcenary status with sons irrespective of when they were born or if their father was alive on 9 september 2005, when the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 came into force.
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25/02/2025 08:54 AM