• Dr.P.DHANDAYUTHAPANI

The Indian Constitution provides equality to all the citizens before the law. Several social legislations have been passed to safe guard the rights of women. Women’s right to property has been recognized as an important development issue. Property rights for women can have an impact on decision making, income pooling, acquisition, and women’s overall role and position in the community. While observing the property rights of women in society, the question of class differentiation among women also needs to be raised. The inheritance system in Indian society has been to preserve property, especially land property, intact for male heirs. Women’s right, to access and control over property, is determined through women’s overall living conditions, economic security, and physical safety. Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains are governed by one code of property rights codified as the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 for Hindus, while, Christians are governed by Indian Succession Act, 1925 and the Muslims have not codified their property rights, neither the Shias nor the Sunnis. Tribal women of various religions and states continue to be governed by the customs and norms of their tribes. There are a few restrictions on their mobility but women have considerably freedom of choice in the selection of marriage partners. Religion plays a major role in the succession of property in India. The personal laws of religious communities are mostly dominated by the scriptures of the religions. The continuous struggle by feminists groups has turned the spotlight on women’s rights. Yet there are so many areas which the society is yet to turn its attention on.

Property rights - Political rights – Constitution – legislations – inheritance – inequalities – community – Globalization – Industrialization – discrimination – perpetuation – Convention – polygamy – harassment – succession – traditional – Amendment.

"PROPERTY RIGHT OF WOMEN IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no.976-985, February-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902D45.pdf

"PROPERTY RIGHT OF WOMEN IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no. pp976-985, February-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902D45.pdf