[PDF] The Position Of Women In Hindu Law eBook

Author : Srimati Basu
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 12,12 MB
Release : 1999-02-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0791495922

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Using the contemporary workings of property law in India through the lives and thoughts of middle-class and poor women, this is a study of the ways in which cultural practices, and particularly notions of gender ideology, guide the workings of law. It urges a close reading of decisions by women that appear to be contrary to material interests and that reinforce patriarchal ideologies. Hailed as a radical moment for gender equality, the Hindu Succession Act was passed in India in 1956 theoretically giving Hindu women the right to equal inheritance of their parents' self-acquired property. However, in the years since the act's existence, its provisions have scarcely been utilized. Using interview data drawn from middle-class and poor neighborhoods in Delhi, this book explores the complexity of women's decisions with regard to family property in this context. The book shows that it is not passivity, ignorance of the law, naiveté about wealth, or unthinking adherence to gender prescriptions that guides women's decisions, but rather an intricate negotiation of kinship and an optimization of socioeconomic and emotional needs. An examination of recent legal cases also reveals that the formal legal realm can be hospitable to women's rights-based claims, but judgments are still coded in terms of customary provisions despite legal criteria to the contrary.

Author : Reena Patel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,98 MB
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 1351156381

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Hindu women in India have independent right of ownership to property under the Law of Succession (The Hindu Succession Act, 1956). However, during the last five decades of its operation not many women have exercised their rights under the enactment. This volume addresses the issue of Hindu peasant women's ability to effectuate the statutory rights to succession and assert ownership of their share in family land. The work combines a critical evaluation of law with economic analyses into allocation of resources within the family as a means of addressing gender relations and explaining resulting gender inequalities.

Author : Kulwant Gill
Publisher :
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 42,50 MB
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN :

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Study covers Vedic period to modern times.

Author : Anjani Kant
Publisher : APH Publishing
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 20,62 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Law
ISBN : 9788176484565

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This Book Analyses Every Aspect Of Indian Women In Different Spheres Of Life From Vedic Period To Contemporary Society.