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The Supreme Court on January 20, stated that the daughters of a male Hindu, dying intestate, would be entitled to inherit the self-acquired properties. She will have rights over properties obtained in the partition by the father and get preference over other collateral members of the family, SC further added. The judgment deals with the property rights of Hindu women and widows under the Hindu Succession Act.

Reliance Industries recently bought a property worth Rs 592 crore in London. Following this, speculations went around about the family relocating to London. In a statement published by Reliance, they denied the "baseless" speculation of Mukesh Ambani's family partly shifting to Stoke Park in London. Furthermore, the statement stated that they would be enhancing the property as a "premier golfing and sporting resort". 

Property prices have seen a raise in Ayodhya after the Bhumi Pujan of Ram Mandir. Reportedly, Land prices have seen an increase of almost 30-40% since 'Bhumi Pujan' and Supreme Court's verdict in 2019. Vinod Kumar Shrivastava, professor of Awadh University said, "because of hike in prices local administrations put sanctions on new registrations in certain parts of the district as there are some areas which require environment clearance."

Jammu and Kashmir government on September 18 launched the National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS) for online registration of sale, purchase, and transfer of land. Launching the system, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said that the system will replace the existing manual registration process and in-turn reduce waiting time and increase transparency. Currently, NGDRS covers Srinagar, Jammu, Samba, Kathua, and Udampur, and is… read-more