The apex court while listening to a plea challenging section 15(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 urged all Hindu women to make a will of their acquired property.
Upholding single judge's order, HC bench says 2005 amendment to Hindu Succession Act gave women all the rights a coparcener has, including right to be a karta.
Responding to PM Modi’s comments on Uniform Civil Code, Owaisi said HUFs provide tax relief to Hindus. But it has significant downsides, such as being prone to family squabbles.
Justice S.M. Subramaniam observed intention of Parliament was to preserve customs & practices prevalent within tribal communities and not those which came out of ‘backwardness’.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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