HC restores woman's inheritance rights
Srinagar, Oct 27, Oct. 28 -- The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has restored a trial court decree recognising a woman as the daughter of a deceased landowner and upholding her claim to a share in his property in Kishtwar. Justice Shahzad Azeem, while allowing Civil Second Appeal No. 30/2013, set aside the District Judge Kishtwar's judgment dated November 7, 2012, and restored the Sub Judge Kishtwar's decree of March 9, 2004, in favour of Mst. Themu.Themu had sought recognition as the daughter of Sonu, son of Deep Ram Thakur, and claimed a half share in 58 kanals and 11 marlas of land in Machail village, Padder. She had also challenged a 1966 mutation that recorded the property exclusively in favour of Shib Devi.The trial court...
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