PRAKASH vs PHULAVATI .

The Supreme Court addressed the retrospective applicability of the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, determining that the amendment does have retrospective effect, thereby allowing daughters to inherit coparcenary property equally with sons. The Court held that the legal position established by the Amendment Act applies to all pending cases, thus overruling the previous interpretation that restricted its applicability to cases where the father died after the amendment. The judgment clarifies the rights of daughters in Hindu joint family property under Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.