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dated May 28, 1954: Share for daughter

The right of a daughter to a share in her father's intestate property and the absolute right of a woman to hold property, whether acquired or inherited, are some of the main changes proposed in the Hindu Succession Bill published on May 26 in New Delhi. The Bill, which seeks to amend and codify the law relating to intestate succession among Hindus, has been published in a Gazette of India Extraordinary under the orders of the Chairman of the Council of States under Rule 49 of the Council's rules of business. The Bill is the third instalment of the old Hindu Code Bill. Simultaneously with the publication of the Bill, the Law Ministry has invited by executive action public opinion on the Bill to be received till the end of July. With the publication of this Bill, only three more parts of the old Hindu Code Bill still remain to be brought forward - those relating to adoption, maintenance and joint family. Two Bills, dealing respectively with Hindu marriage and divorce and Hindu minority and guardianship, have already been introduced in the Council of States and are now pending. Among the main changes proposed now are vesting in the daughter a half-share right in her father's property, while the son one share each, equation of all grand-children whether through the son or the daughter.

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