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UNDER
HINDU PERSONAL
LAWS
BHAVLEEN KAUR
21178
INTRODUCTION
T h e t e r m ‘ p e r s o n a l l a w s ' i n c l u d e s t h e s c r i p t u ra l c o m m a n d s a n d
s ta n d a r d p ra c t i c e s o f t h a t p a r t i c u l a r r e l i g i o n .
T h e w o m e n h a ve f e w e r r i g h t s t h a n t h e m e n u n d e r t h e r e l i g i ou s
p e r s o n a l l aw s . T h e r e l i g i o u s p e r s o n a l l a w s b r i n g f o r t h n u m e r o u s
t a b o os ; f o r e x a m p l e m a n c e n t r i c s o c i e t y, e a r l y m a r r i a g e ,
e n d o w m e n t , a g g r e s s i ve b e h av i o r a t h o m e a n d s o f o r t h .
T h e H i n d u Pe r s on a l L aw s a l o n g w i t h i t s a m e n d m e n t s a n d t h e
va r i o u s L a w C om m i s s i o n r e p o r t s d o e s p r o v i d e f o r s u c h a r i g h t t o
w om e n b u t s t i l l l a c k s a n y s o r t o f e ff e c t i ve d e ve l op m e n t .
T h e re i s a n e e d f o r a n e ff e c t i ve s o c i a l r e f o r m m o ve m e n t w i t h t h e
h e l p o f l aw a n d a s y m p a t h e t i c j u d i c i a r y t o a c h i e ve i t s o b j e c t i ve s .
M a l t i R a y C h o w d h u r y v. S u d h i n d r a n a t h M a j u m d a r
B h u w a n M o h a n S i n g h v. M e e n a t h e S u p r e m e C o u r t h e l d t h a t
maintenance of a wife does not mean mere animal existence, rather
i t s i g n i fi e s a s i m i l a r l i f e a s s h e h a d , w h e n s h e l i v e d w i t h h e r
h u s b a n d ".
H o w e v e r, e ff e c t i v e i m p l e m e n t a t i o n i s l a c k i n g . T h e r e i s n o w a y t o
ensure that the husband will regularly make payments. As neither
t h e p o l i c e n o r s u c h a u t h o r i t y w i l l c o m e t o t h e d e s e r t e d w i f e ’s h e l p .
She will in such cases have to go to the court again, which is never
an easy way out for a woman. In India, majority of women hardly
g e t t h e m a i n t e n a n c e t o l i v e a b e t t e r l i f e f u r t h e r.
SUCCESSION LAWS
Even though the 2005 amendment seems to have addressed the
issues of inequality and dignity of women. But when put under
s c r u t i n y, c r u m b s o f g e n d e r d i s p a r i t y b e c o m e a p p a r e n t .
F i r s t l y, t h e H i n d u S u c c e s s i o n A c t i t s e l f i s b a s e d o n t h e d w i n d l i n g
concept of Mitakshara, Dayaabaga inheritance systems followed
in ancient India and which in turn are based on the stereotypes.
S t a r k d i ff e r e n c e b e t w e e n S . 8 A N D S . 1 5 : t h e s e l f - a c q u i r e d
property of a woman, in the absence of her own class I heirs, is
devolved upon the heirs of her husband and not her own. While
in case of a man in the same situation, his property is devolved
upon his own heirs and not his wife's.
O m p r a k a s h & O r s v. R a d h a c h a r a n & O r s
CONCLUSION
T h u s , f o r t h e c o n c l u s i o n o f t h i s s t u d y, I h o p e t h a t s u i t a b l e
changes shall be introduced in due course in the Hindu personal
Laws and it shall be brought in more realistic terms of the
p r e s e n t s o c i e t y a n d t h e g e n d e r b i a s w h i c h e x i s t s f o r a l m o s t fi v e
decades shall be done away with and an egalitarian society be
established.
E ff e c t i v e i m p l i m e n t a t i o n o f t h e p r e s e n t l a w s i s r e q u i r e d .
R e l i g i o u s p e r s o n a l l a w s s u p p r e s s t h e w o m e n . U n d o u b t e d l y, t h e
males are in supremacy than the females. So there should be
common uniform laws for all religions, so that position of
women can be improved.
E d u c a t i o n i s a p a t h w h i c h c a n l e a d t o w o m e n t o e q u a l i t y,
because whenever any taboo take the society into its lap then
always education play a very important role to pull it from the
bottom.