When it comes to self-acquired property, the law provides equal distribution. If a Hindu male dies without a will, his wife, sons, daughters (and unmarried daughters), and mother, known as Class 1 ...

Shital Prakash Kharat recently published an Article entitled, Effect of Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act 2005 – Judicial Response (2017). Provided below is an abstract of the Article: Women, since the ...

Upholding a daughter's statutory right to a coparcenary share under the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, the Supreme ...

In India, girls are often said to be "paraya dhan" because they leave their father's house after marriage and go to their husband's house. Therefore, it is believed that they do not have rights over ...

One of the memories etched in my mind from the early days of practising law is that of a widowed elderly lady uncontrollably breaking down in the corridors of the court after undergoing the ordeal of ...

In a move that could redefine property rights for women in rural India, the Uttar Pradesh government is preparing to amend ...

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday released the Tamil Nadu State Policy for Transgender Persons 2025. The policy said that the State would take steps to amend the Hindu Succession Act, Indian ...