Can a female be karta of HUF?

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90 Points Joined January 2018

can a female be karta of HUF..?

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On 25 January 2018 at 22:43 Report
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349 Points Joined November 2009
yes.why not..but there is no defination about the same.
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On 25 January 2018 at 22:52
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Article
19 Points Joined August 2014
In the absence of Karta..... female act's like a manager of HUF
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On 25 January 2018 at 23:07
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Practicing Company Secretary
145 Points Joined August 2012
Karta is not gender specific
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On 25 January 2018 at 23:32
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29 Points Joined May 2015

AS PER THE HINDU SUCCESSION ACT 1956, THERE CAN BE A HUF CONSISTING ONLY OF FEMALE MEMBERS WHEREIN THE KARTA WILL BE A LADY. ONE MORE SITUATION WHERE A WOMAN CAN BECOME KARTA IS WHEN THE KARTA (WHO ORIGINALLY WAS A MALE) PASSED AWAY AND HE DOES NOT HAVE ANY SONS BUT ONLY DAUGHTERS, THEN THE ELDEST DAUGHTER CAN BECOME THE KARTA.

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On 26 January 2018 at 08:12
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90 Points Joined January 2018
the present male karta has renounced the world...
He has two sons and a wife

can his wife become karta??
can his youngest son become karta ? if yes what have to be done
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On 26 January 2018 at 08:59
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29 Points Joined May 2015

ONLY THE ELDEST SON CAN BECOME KARTA

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On 26 January 2018 at 09:45
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101 Points Joined January 2010

a woman can be a karta after the demise of the male head in three situations.

  1. when the sons are minors and she acts as their guardian.
  2. when the male members are not in a position to act as karta and have given her the permission to manage the family affairs. &
  3. when there are no male members in the family.

An HUF that has only female members can continue to exist and one of the female members will be the karta. So if all the children are daughters, the HUF can continue with the mother as the head and daughters as coparceners.

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On 26 January 2018 at 10:53
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90 Points Joined January 2018
if male members give written consent.
can female be appointed as karta
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On 26 January 2018 at 11:51
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the male karta has renounced the material world...

her wife is staying with her youngest son ..


the eldest son is staying in a different house in the same city

it would be easy to collect rent etc if the karta
is female ie wife or the youngest son..

is it possible???
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On 26 January 2018 at 13:06


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