Laws that provide hindu women equal share in the family property
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There is need to recognise the role of woman in a household, and regardless of her financial contribution, she should get an equal part of the property gained after marriage upon divorce, the Law Commission suggested on Friday.
It said all personal and secular laws should be amended accordingly.
However, it cautioned that at the same time, this principle did not automatically translate to an ‘absolute’ equal split of property at the end of the relationship, as in a number of cases such a yardstick may bring an “unfair burden” to one of the parties.
“Thus, it is important to retain the discretion of the court in such cases,” the commission said in its consultation paper on ‘Reform of Family Law’.
It said all property acquired after marriage of either spouse be treated as a unit between the couple.