Rights of women and society
In India the roots of Patriarchal society is quite deep hence resultant is the persisting inequality between Male and Female. Moreover, they have been deprived of equal right or have been discriminated on the basis of sex. So much so that they did not have equal right in their ancestral property. In the year 1956 The Hindu succession Act,1956 was enacted by the competent authority. The main objective of this act is to amend and codify the law relating to interstate succession among Hindus. Section 6 of Hindu succession Act states that the devolution of interest in coparcener property. According to this Section after the Hindu succession Amendment Act 2005 A joint Hindu family governed by the mitakshra law, the daughter of coparcener shall become a coparcener in her own right by birth like son. Thus, now daughters shall be coparcener. As, They were not a coparcener in the joint hindu family, as a result they were ...