Navtej Singh & Ayush Vardhan, Christ University, Delhi NCR
ABSTRACT
India is a place where goddesses are worshipped, yet harassment, discrimination, and other crimes against women are found common in the country. Women's rights are a longstanding topic. Women are believed to fall significantly behind males in rights, awareness and enforcement, even though they have the same rights as men. If women's rights aren't really upheld, then having them written down is meaningless. As we know, India has many religions, and because the Uniform Civil Code hasn't arrived, women's property rights vary by religion. A Hindu woman has the same right to her deceased parent’s property as a male, whereas a Muslim woman’s share is half that of a Muslim man. Similarly, Parsi and Christian women have different rights regarding the property. The property rights of an Indian woman are determined by her religion and whether she is married or unmarried. 17 percent of households are headed by women, with 14 percent of the population living in female-headed households.
The researchers in this paper propose to investigate the property rights of women of various religions. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of religion and culture on the realization of women's property rights in the country. The research demonstrates that culturally, women are seen as inferior to males, and male children are typically praised and granted a larger share of the family's property. The reforms brought about by the 2005 amendment to the Hindu Succession Act, which granted women the birth- right to property would also be discussed by the researchers. Efforts to establish and execute gender-balanced policies are hampered by the fact that national databases on women's land ownership in India vary widely according on which agency provided the estimate, this issue will also be covered by the researchers in this paper.
Keywords: property rights, uniform civil code, implementation, religions, birthright, Hindu Succession Act.
