{
  "id": 4204842,
  "title": "Widow’s Remarriage Cannot Deprive Daughter Of Property Share: Madras HC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/widows-remarriage-cannot-deprive-daughter-of-property-share-madras-hc-4204842",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T13:34:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/widows-remarriage-cannot-deprive-daughter-of-property-share-madras-hc"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Madras High Court has ruled that a widow's remarriage cannot take away her deceased husband's share in joint family property, including that of his daughter. In an order on August 25, Justice PB Balaji clarified that the disqualification arising from a widow's remarriage under the Hindu Succession Act of 1956 only applies to the widow herself and does not prevent her husband's other legal heirs from inheriting.\n\nJustice Balaji stated that the widow, in this case, was not claiming any entitlement and that the prohibition was solely on her and not on other legal heirs. The court interpreted Section 24 of the Hindu Succession Act as it stood before its repeal in 2005, which barred a widow from inheriting if she had remarried before succession opened. However, the court emphasized that this restriction did not erase the deceased son's coparcenary interest, making his share available for inheritance by other preferential legal heirs, including the mother or children.\n\nThe case involved a revision petition arising from a dispute over Venkatesan, a deceased coparcener's share. His widow remarried after his death and never contested her share in his estate. After she inherited the property and created third-party rights, one of Venkatesan's relatives contested her rights, arguing that her remarriage before the 2005 amendment voided her inheritance. However, the Madras High Court rejected this claim, emphasizing that the widow's disqualification did not extend to her daughter, who inherited the entire share of the deceased coparcener. The court maintained that Venkatesan's share remained intact and available for inheritance by his other legal heirs, rejecting the notion that his widow's remarriage caused his coparcenary interest to revert to the other coparceners.",
  "summary": "The Madras High Court has held that a widow’s remarriage cannot deprive her deceased husband’s other Class I legal heirs, including his daughter, of his share in joint family property. In an order passed on Aug 25, Justice PB Balaji clarified that the disqualification arising from a widow’s remarriage under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, applied only to the widow. It did not extinguish the…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Widow’s remarriage cannot deprive daughter of property share: Madras HC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/widows-remarriage-cannot-deprive-daughter-of-property-share-madras-hc",
        "published": "2026-08-29T07:50:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}