The property rights for Indian daughters were different until the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, but were amended in 2005. Earlier, only the sons had complete power over the father’s property. Daughters enjoyed the property right only till they got married. After marriage, a daughter was considered a part of her husband’s family.The Hindu Undivided Family(HUF):Under […]
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Indian Women’s Right to Property – Changing status & acceptance in Society
A strong bias against women in matters related to assets/asset distribution is something we are all familiar with. Women have particularly faced issues about the rules that govern the succession/inheritance of property amongst the members of a family.Indian history is proof that men have exclusively benefitted from these property laws. The women were treated as […]