J&K and Ladakh HC: Daughter's inheritance rights not extinguished by limitation period

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that a daughter's claim to inherit property cannot be defeated merely because of the passage of time. The dispute began in 1982, when Themu filed a civil suit seeking a half share in 58 kanals and 11 marlas of land left by her late father, Sonu. She challenged a 1966 mutation entry that had recorded the land solely in the name of Shib Devi. Along with a declaration of her inheritance rights, Themu asked the court for consequential possession of the land. The ruling reinforces that inheritance entitlements of daughters are protected despite delay in asserting them.