Gujarat High Court Interprets The Right To Inherit Property Under Hindu Succession Act

Gujarat High Court has held that a Hindu daughter can inherit from her father after getting married to a Muslim and Converted to Islam. Interpreting Section 2 of Hindu Succession Act, Justice Pardiwala held that if the parents are Hindus, then the child is also governed by the Hindu Law or is a Hindu. “Perhaps the Legislature might have thought fit to treat the children of the Hindus without foregoing the right of inheritance by virtue of conversion”