A STUDY ON VALIDITY OF LEGISLATIVE STAND ON DOCTRINE OF PIOUS OBLIGATION OVER MARRIED DAUGHTERS IN INDIAN HINDU FAMILY

  • Unique Paper ID: 172545
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 9
  • PageNo: 77-87
  • Abstract:
  • Pious Obligation is a term here Pious refers to Religious, Devout & Godly. & the obligation means job or karma of a Hindu Person. Under Hindu law, the son of the Expired father has an obligation to Discharge his father’s arrearage out of his ancestral Property regardless of any Likelihood that he had not been Benefited by any of his father’s debts, having the debts is not Avyavarik in nature. As it is stated under Hindu law as “Who has obtained a sum lent & does not Repay it to the Moneylender will be Conceived hereafter in the Creditor’s house a bondsman, servant, women or quadruped. According to Cultures followed by the Hindus, It is the Duty of the son to pay back his father’s debts. Actually his duty is not at all Finished with sons but it is extended till grandsons. But many of us have a long -time query why cant daughters take part in pious obligation. Many feminist associations think that there is always a problem that male are given more preference & status than females. Even though Hindu succession Act, have a great effect on the subject matter of Doctrine of Pious obligation. My objective is to find out legislations available to women with regard to pious Obligation, To understand about the awareness that prevails among the public regarding pious obligation, To find out factors that restrict women to participate in pious obligation. The author has collected 202 samples & followed an Empirical research method.

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