The Supreme Court of India has ruled that Section 6(5) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 is a narrow and strict saving clause that preserves completed partitions but does not operate as a jurisdictional bar to the institution of a partition suit. A division bench comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Augustine George Masih held
Section 6(5) Hindu Succession Act Not a Bar to Partition Suit; Daughters’ Rights as Class I Heirs Independent of 2005 Amendment: Supreme Court
