The Property Rights of Hindu Women

ISBN-13: 9783659428388 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 224 str.

Mishra Sharad Chandra

Opis

The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 is a landmark step. After 50 years, the Government finally addressed some persisting gender inequalities in the 1956 Hindu Succession Act (1956 HSA), which itself was path-breaking. The 2005 Act covers inequalities on several fronts: agricultural land; Mitakshara joint family property; parental dwelling house; and certain widows. The amendment has come into operation from 2005. This work specifically deals with changes brought in the womans property rights in Mitakshara joint family property, what effects it will have on the position of women, loopholes in the amendment, its advantages and disadvantages and few suggestions to make it more effectual. Despite the Hindu Succession Act being passed in 1956, which gave women equal inheritance rights with men, the mitakshara coparcenary system was retained and the government refused to abolish the system of joint family.

O autorze

LLB from Allahabad University and LLM from Law Faculty, BHU Varanasi. He is also an Editor Of an International Journal Titled' Indian Journal Of Socio- Legal Studies' ISSN 2320-8562. He attended many National and International Confrences and Presented his Paper.