India, Nov. 20 -- The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday made an appeal to all women without sons, daughters or husbands to make a will to avoid potential litigation disputes between their parents and in-laws.

Referring to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, the Supreme Court said Parliament at that time may have assumed that women would not have self-acquired property, but the progress of women in these decades cannot be underestimated. "Education, employment and entrepreneurship of women in this country including Hindu women have led to their acquiring self-acquired property.

If such self-acquired properties are to be succeeded only by the heirs of the husband if a female Hindu dies intestate in the absence of having sons, daughters and husb...