STATE OF MAHARASHTRA vs NARAYANRAO SHAMRAO DESHMUKH .

The Supreme Court examined the implications of the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961, particularly Sections 2(11), 2(22), and 6, regarding the status of a female inheriting property in a joint family. The Court held that a female member who inherits a share due to the death of a male member does not automatically cease to be a member of the joint family, and her share is determined as if a partition had occurred immediately before the male member's death. The ruling clarified the nature of coparcenary and joint family property under Hindu law, affirming the rights of female heirs in such contexts.