Property Rights to Know For a Married Woman

by Priya G. Real Estate Business Expert

The day has gone when women in India have to suffer from discrimination in matter of property ownership. Earlier, married women don’t have any rights to their parental property, and widows were always at the leniency of their sons. India is changing now. The government is taking one step forward towards progress to promote the property holding among women. Delivering home loans at concessional rates and charging stamp duty lower for women are some common steps. In fact, government is trying to empower women property rights through different amendments.

Here, you will know about the legal rights according to your religion. Let’s quickly go through each point.

Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs (Hindu Succession Act)

According to Hindu Succession Act, 1956- any property belonged to a female Hindu, whether achieved before or after the beginning of this act shall be held by her as a full owner rather than being a limited owner. This makes women to assess their own property or flats in NH 24 Ghaziabad.

The Act was established in 2005 to provide equal rights to women. Prior to the amendment, a woman has no right to coparcenaries property or joint ownership. According to it, a daughter has the right to own coparcenaries property by birthright in the same manner as a son have.

Muslims

Earlier muslims were governed by customary law. In 1937, Shariat Act replaced it and strengthened the state of women. According to this law, husbands and wives can make legal successor. It also permits females and associates the rights to inherit. However, women are not given equal right to inherit as they can get only one-half of the man’s shares.

Christians and Zoroastrians

The Indian Succession Act of 1925 doesn’t differentiate genders when it is the matter of right to inherit. Under Christian sections of the act, a daughter and a son have the equal right on the property of their father and mother.

A widow gets one-third share of her deceased husband’s property and remaining two-thirds go to the lineal descendants. Nevertheless, if there are no descendants, the entire property will go to the widow. The Parsi section also depicts that the widow and her children (both men and women) get an equal share in the property.

Property right for women is not equal in patriarchal society. There is still place for improvement but these calls from the government have given strength to women. However, its important for a women to know about the rights they have on properties like 2 BHK apartment in Ghaziabad.