Property Rights of a Wife: Often people have this question that if the husband dies, what are the rights of the wife on his property? If you also want to know about this, then today through this news we are going to tell you about this.
The structure of our society has been patriarchal for a long time, in such a situation, since independence, many big decisions have been taken to connect women with the mainstream of the country’s development. Not only this, many legal rights have also been given to women to empower them at the social and economic level. Due to these changes, today women are moving forward shoulder to shoulder with men.
At the same time, women have also been given many rights in property. Many people are quite confused about what rights have been given to women in property. Often people have this question that if the husband dies, in such a situation, what are the rights of the wife on his property? If you also want to know about this, then today through this news we are going to tell you about this. Let’s know –
It is stated in the Hindu Succession Act that after marriage, daughters-in-law are given very limited rights over the property of their in-laws. Due to this, daughters-in-law do not have much rights over the property of their mother-in-law and father-in-law.
According to the rules, if the mother-in-law and father-in-law die, then in this situation the husband has the right over their property. On the other hand, if unfortunately the husband and then the mother-in-law and father-in-law also die.
In this situation, the daughters-in-law get the right to the property. However, one condition for this is that the mother-in-law and father-in-law have not written anyone else’s name in their will. If they have written someone else’s name in the will, then the daughters-in-law may face difficulties in getting their rights to the property.
The Chhattisgarh High Court had given a verdict while hearing the case of maintenance of a Hindu widow. In this verdict, the court had said that if a Hindu widow is not able to live on her income or property, then in such a situation she can claim maintenance from her father-in-law.
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