Himachal HC Allows Married Woman's Land Inheritance Claim
The Himachal Pradesh High Court overturned a decision denying a married woman a land patta originally granted to her father in 1972. The court ruled that the Nautor Land Rules do not exclude married daughters from inheriting land as legal heirs. It also stated that a 1980 administrative circular excluding married daughters cannot override statutory rules, citing a Supreme Court precedent against gender-based exclusion in land allotment.
Economic Times··Himachal Pradesh




