Hindu Succession Act, 1956 :
This Act is about the inheritance and succession i.e. who will get the property and who have rights to inherit property. This law is applicable to Hindus, Buddhists, Jain and Sikhs.
This act states that there is two types of property -
1. Ancestral - You get this property from your parents
2. Self-Acquired - You have made this property by your own basis.
Co-parceners are those who have a right to claim to inherit property. The Hindu succession act states that co-parceners are the linear descendants of the same ancestors. It considers only men have the right to claim in fathers property. Daughters, wife and widow have no right to claim. This rule is called Survivorship rule come under section-6 of this act. The problem of this rule was that only males were the co-parceners.
2005 Amendment :
The survivorship rule was canceled out under this amendment. It brings out the Testamentary succession and Intestate succession. Testamentary succession means to make a will and you can distribute you property according to the will to anyone. According to 2005 Amendment, if anyone is died, then first right to property is given to Widow, son and daughter. All the three have the rights equally. Property will be divided equally among the three.
So, from 2005, daughters and widows are also called as c-parceners like males. Daughters and widows get the right to inherit the property.