[1] It was essentially meant for removing gender stereotype provisions regarding property rights in the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.
It bars courts from "[recognizing] any right to proceed against a son, grandson or great-grandson for the recovery of any debt due from his father, grandfather or great-grandfather solely on the ground of the pious obligation under the Hindu law.
"[3] The amendment, under clause 5 of section 6 provides an exception for partitions created through deeds under the Registration Act, 1908 or court decrees.
The amendment has tremendously balanced the property rights of male and female siblings.
In 2008, the Supreme Court ruled that the law has retrospective effect, and for the daughter to become a co-sharer with her male siblings, the father does not have to be alive on 9 September 2005.