The Supreme Court’s recent upholding of the Hindu Succession Act (HSA) has brought attention to the law’s differing treatment of men’s and women’s inheritance rights. Under the current framework, when a Hindu man dies intestate, his properties are distributed equally among his wife, children, and mother, with his father inheriting if no such successor exists. … Continue reading Parliament should relook at the Hindu Succession Act: Assumptions of women being incapable of acquiring wealth is untenable today