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I urge upon the Government to take note of this deficiency in the Act and take appropriate measures to rectify this point also.
With these words, I conclude.
PROF. M. RAMADASS Hon. Chairman, Sir, I am extremely delighted to participate in the discussion on the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Bill, 2005. My party, PMK, which believes in the empowerment and economic development of women, wholeheartedly supports this Bill. Our founder President has always been giving a clarion call that women, who form the bulwark of the society and form half of the population, should have equal rights, equal share, equal justice, equal pay and equality in all spheres[reporter48] . This Bill tries to achieve the equality of women with men.
THE MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE (SHRI H.R. BHARDWAJ): Actually, we have provided it for married women also. I have moved an amendment in the Rajya Sabha for it, and it has been carried.
PROF. M. RAMADASS : Then it is all right. I am very happy that you have taken note of our view also.
MR. CHAIRMAN: The Standing Committee has also recommended it[ak49] .
PROF. M. RAMADASS : Section 23 of the Principal Act dealt with ‘dwelling houses’ in a joint family. Under that Section, women were not entitled for any share in a joint family. Now, it has been done away with by this Amendment. This Amendment states that a coparcener’s property shall be deemed to have been divided as if a partition had taken place, and the daughter is allotted the same share as is allotted to a son.
SHRI H.R. BHARDWAJ : That Section has already been omitted.
PROF. M. RAMADASS : If that Section has already been omitted, then it is all right.
MR. CHAIRMAN: The point, Prof. Ramadass, is that there are different systems of inheritance. Mitakshara, Coparcenery, Dayabhaga, Aliyasantana, Marumakkattayam, all these systems are prevalent in India. We want a uniform inheritance law and also gender equality. That is the crux of the matter.
PROF. M. RAMADASS : I endorse your elder statesman view.