Mitakshara law

• The Supreme Court recently held that a child born of a void or voidable marriage can inherit the parent’s share in a joint Hindu family property governed by the Mitakshara law.
• A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud however clarified that such a child would not be entitled to rights in or to the property of any other person in the family.

ABOUT MITAKASHARA LAW

• The term Mitakshara is derived from the name of a commentary written by Vijnaneswara, on the Yajnavalkya Smriti.
• It is a Hindu law school that governs the succession of property in a Hindu Undivided Families (HUF).
• The Mitakshara school of thought holds that the son, grandson, and grandson’s son have a right to the family property through birth.
• Mitakashara law of succession governing HUF applies to the whole of India except West Bengal and Assam.