In our traditional patriarchal society, women have always had fewer rights. Women have been subjected to discrimination, especially in property matters. Inheritance rights of women to the property of her parents or husband has never been taken seriously. Property has always remained the domain of the men. Somehow, women also never bothered to raise their […]
Description: Right of women over property and how it devolves to her successors. Women are now building assets on their own. Even under inheritance laws, they are absolute owners of property inherited or acquired by them and therefore, free to deal with it as they desire.
“The women are not garment you wear and undress however you like. They are honoured and have their rights” Umar Ibn Khattab R.A Since the early ages, because of the patriarchal society we live in, women have always been considered lower to men in respect of their rights, dignity, and significance. After independence, the need […]
A woman is expected to – and does – play different roles with equal grace. Whether as a daughter or a wife or a mother; patience, love, compassion and fortitude form a part of her personality. While we might not be able to quantify and put a value on her role in society, the least […]
For long, women were not supposed to have as much share in the property as men had. Property rights of women in India remained largely an ignored and unaddressed issue. Till about twelve years ago –specifically, the year 2005 -women stood to lose on account of their being daughters/wives/daughters-in-law. In September 2005, the courts declared […]