ShreyaVidyarthivAshokVidyarthi201513SCALE643InthiscasetheSupremeCourtofIndiaheldthatwomencanalsobethemanagerofajointHindufamilyThecourtobservedthattheHinduSuccessionAct1956whichgovernsthedevolutionofpropertyamongHindusdoesnotdiscriminatebetweenmaleandfemaleheirsThecourtnotedthattheActrecognizestherightoffemaleheirstoinheritpropertyandthatthisrightextendstothemanagementofjointfamilypropertyaswell