Daughters step into board rooms as SC verdict clears decks

Armed with a recent Supreme Court judgment mandating equal rights on inherited wealth, daughters from family-run businesses gently began pushing their way into company board rooms in 2011. This is a departure from settling for their dues within closed doors as per the wishes of family elders before and after marriage. “Many female family members have started planning with the right to parents' ancestral wealth,” says Haigreve Khaitan, partner at 101-year old law firm Khaitan and Co.

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