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Succession Act will change
in favour of daughters
What is India News Service,
Thursday, 16 December 2004, 1400 hrs IST
The Union Cabinet cleared a legislative proposal to introduce equality between men and women in their rights over joint family property.
Amending the Hindu Succession Act 1956, the proposed Bill gives the daughter entry for the first time into the \93coparcenary\94 of her family\97which means she will be counted among those members who are entitled to seek partition and get equal shares in the ancestral property. The Bill states that in a joint Hindu family, the daughter of a coparcener shall \93by birth become a coparcener\94 and have \93the same rights in the coparcenary property as she would have had if she had been a son.\94
As a corollary, the daughter will be bound by the common liabilities and can
even become the \93karta\94 (or loosely the head) of the joint family.
Since coparcenary relates only to ancestral
property, the Bill does not affect one\92s discretion to will away one\92s
self-acquired property any which way. The impact of the Bill is likely to be
felt the most in the Hindi belt as the peninsular states of Andhra Pradesh,
Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Karnataka have already carried out this reform of
making daughters coparceners. Kerala went even further by abolishing the system
of coparcenary.
Supreme
Court to hear Acharya's bail plea on Friday: The
Supreme Court will hear on Friday a special leave petition (SLP) filed by the
Kanchi Sankaracharya, Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, seeking bail in the Sankararaman
murder case. Meanwhile, the Vellore jail
superintendent has told the Madras High Court that Jayendra Saraswati had
declined to meet VHP president Ashok Singhal at the central prison.
Cabinet
okay for tabling two bills: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its assent to the tabling in Parliament of the Right to Information Bill, 2004, and the National Rural Employment Bill, 2004. But it chose to refer the Lokpal Bill, 2004, to Group of Ministers for further deliberations on its complex provisions. The Cabinet also approved Reservation bill which will bring various quota provisions under one umbrella.
ULFA
chief \91not sincere\92 on talks with Centre:
The United Liberation Front of Assam chief
Paresh Baruah does not appear to be \93sincere\94 to hold talks with the Centre
or he is under pressure from \93external agencies\94 not to do so despite offer
of unconditional talks by the Centre.
Centre
okays airport near Hyderabad: Paving the way for building a Greenfield
airport at Shamshabad near Hyderabad, the Union Cabinet tonight cleared a Draft
Concession Agreement.
PM
to inaugurate DD's DTH service: Prasar
Bharti Corporation has managed to convince the Government about the "new
revolution" in India's broadcasting industry with the introduction of
Doordarshan's direct-to-home (DTH) platform called DD Direct.
Zahira's
mother turns hostile: Sehrunissa Sheikh, Zahira's mother, turned hostile in
court and said she did not see any of the rioters who had set fire to the Best
Bakery on March 1, 2002.
'Naxalism
is biggest threat to nation's unity':
Terming Naxalism as the biggest threat to the country's internal
security, two eminent and independent Elders, General Shankar Roy Choudhury and
PC Alexander on Wednesday cautioned the Union Government against its tendency to
handle the Left-wing extremism in a cavalier fashion.
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Centre
plans meet to formulate policy on foreign universities:
The Centre will hold a meeting of state higher education ministers
on January 10-11, 2005. The move is aimed at arriving at a national consensus on
regulating the entry of foreign universities.
States
4
killed as train rams into van: Four
pilgrims were killed and 10 injured when a speeding train rammed into a van at
an unmanned level crossing near Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu today, railway
sources said.
20 more join
Karnataka ministry: The expansion has resulted in regional representation going awry, with the coalition giving importance to caste and community equations.
Courts allows Chennai Music Academy to hold festival:
The Court has given existing office bearers of the academy a temporary reprieve from their legal imbroglio allowing them to function till further orders.
Irrigation tenders scam rocks AP Assembly:
The chief minister alleged that the previous government misused funds and constantly misled the
public in its attempt to remain in power.
Neighbours
Nuclear
talks end without agreement: Deal on Sir Creek survey:
Indo-Pakistan talks on nuclear and conventional confidence-building measures (CBMs)
ended here on Tuesday without any tangible outcome despite exhaustive
negotiations on formalizing an agreement.
N-assets
are in safe hands, says Pakistan:
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan wants to resolve all disputes,
including that of Kashmir, with India peacefully and so dialogue at different
levels is in progress.
General's uniform is the bane of Pakistan's troubled presidency:
Pakistan's military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, in an almost foregone conclusion, is set to stay on as chief of the country's military as well as the president when the new year begins.
Call
to widen Saarc scope:
Pakistan Senate chairman Muhammedmian Soomro on Wednesday
stressed the need for broadening the terms of reference of Saarc by including
political disputes in order to achieve a sense of security and develop mutual
trust for all-round cooperation. He was delivering the inaugural speech at the
fourth Saarc information ministers' conference.
View from abroad
Natwar
urges Koreas not to go nuclear:
India has urged North and South Korea not to follow its example and become a
nuclear power, \91Korea Times\92 daily reported.
Overall
Patriarchy got a body blow: The Hindu Succession Act will soon be
changed to favour full property rights for daughters.
N assets safe, Musharaff said: He said India need not worry on that
score.
Karnataka ministry was expanded: After months of wrangling, the Karnataka
coalition government got its cabinet act together.
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