SC grants four weeks' time to Centre for reply on plea on gender discrimination in Hindu succession law

Apr 05, 2022

New Delhi [India], April 5 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted four weeks more time to the Centre to file a reply on...

Children from void, voidable marriages can claim rights in parents' property: SC

Sep 01, 2023

A Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra held that a child under Section 16(1) and...

Daughters have coparcenary rights even if their parents died before enforcement of Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act: SC

Aug 11, 2020

New Delhi [India], Aug 11 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that daughters have coparcenary rights on the property of their parents even...

Central law for 'love jihad', free Hindu temples from govt control, demands VHP

Aug 02, 2021

New Delhi [India], August 2 : Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has demanded that a central law for "love jihad" and Hindu temples be from...

Japan protests UN call for reviewing male-only imperial succession

Nov 01, 2024

Japan has lodged a protest with a UN human rights watchdog that called for reviewing a domestic law that limits imperial succession to male...

SC directs Centre to consider amending provisions of Hindu Succession Act to make it applicable for STs

Dec 09, 2022

The Supreme Court on Friday said when the daughter belonging to a non-tribal is entitled to an equal share in the property of her...