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Hindu Women and Their Coparcenary Rights
NATIONAL LAW INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY BHOPAL

VI TRIMESTER

FAMILY LAW - II

HINDU WOMEN AND THEIR COPARCENARY RIGHTS

SUBMITTED TO - SUBMITTED BY –

Ms. Kavita Singh Archana 2011 B.A.,LL.B 79 VI Trimester

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|SERIAL NUMBER |HEADINGS |PAGE NUMBER |
|(1) |INTRODUCTION |3 |
|(2) |TRADITIONAL POSITION |4 |
|(3) |DAYABHAGA COPARCENARY SYSTEM |4 |
|(4) |MITAKSHARA COPARCENARY SYSTEM |4 |
|(5) |MARUMAKKATTYAM LAW |5 |
|(6) |POSITION OF WOMEN UNDER CONSTITUTION |6 |
|(7) |CONCEPT OF COPARCENARY AND JOINT PROPERTY |7 |
|(8) |PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE |7 |
|(9) |SECTION 6 OF HINDU SUCCESSION ACT |8 |
|(10) |NEW COPARCENARY UNDER STATE ACTS |10 |
|(11) |WOMAN AS



Bibliography: [6] (1981) 3 SCC 689.  [7]Seervai, H.M, Constitutional Law of India 4th edn., p 677 (1991).  [15] Derrett, J Duncan, ‘A critique of Modern Hindu Law’, 1st edn., NM Tripathi Pvt Ltd, Bombay (1970).

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