In Brief
A daughter of deceased parents sought to be impleaded as a defendant in a suit involving partition of joint family property. The trial court and High Court rejected her application, citing an earlier 1966 partition decree between her parents and brothers. The Supreme Court held that upon intestate death of parents, daughters are Class I heirs entitled to share in parental property under the Hindu Succession Act, regardless of earlier partition decrees. Therefore, daughters are necessary and proper parties to any suit involving division of parental property. The appeal was allowed and the daughter's impleadment application was permitted.
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