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The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Bill, 2004 introduced in the Rajya Sabha on the 20th December, 2004 and pending therein, has been referred to Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, headed by Shri E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan, M.P. for examination and report.
The Hindu Succession Act 1956, which amended and codified the law of succession among Hindus and gave rights till then unknown in relation to women’s property, does not apply to the members of Hindu Mitakshara coparcenary, thereby depriving women any share in ancestral property negating her fundamental right of equality guaranteed by the Constitution. The present Bill seeks to remove this discrimination by giving equal rights to daughters in the Hindu Mitakshara coparcenary property as the sons have. Another important amendment as suggested by the Bill is intended to remove the disability of female heirs to ask for partition of a dwelling house wholly occupied by a joint family.
The Committee has decided to invite memoranda containing views of individuals/organizations, interested in the subject-matter of the Bill and to hear oral evidence on the subject.
Those desirous of submitting Memoranda to the Committee may send two copies (either in English or Hindi) thereof to Shri Surinder Kumar Watts, Deputy Secretary, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, 007, Ground Floor, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi-110001 (Tel: 23034262 and Fax 23013917) within fifteen days of publication of this advertisement, indicating whether they would also be interested in giving oral evidence before the Committee.
The Memorandum which might be submitted to the Committee, would form part of the records of the Committee and would be treated as confidential and would not be circulated to anyone, as such an act would constitute a breach of privilege of the Committee.
The Bill was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 2, dated the 20th December, 2004. Its copies can be had on written request to the above-mentioned officer.
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