What do we mean by Hindus …

The 2005 Amendment of the Act brought about some radical changes;

• Equal right for daughters: after the 2005 amendment , the daughters of a coparcerner becomes, by birth ,a coparcener in her own right and has the same rights and liabilities as a son.
• Doctrine of Pious Obligation abolished: THe Doctrine of pious obligation , which existed under the unmodified Hindu law has been abolished.
• Right to a female in a joint family dwelling place: the earlier provision of the act under which a female heir could not demand a partition of a dwelling house wholly occupied by a joint property has now been deleted.
• Restriction on Hindu Widows in the matter of inheritance: Earlier s 24 of the act barred certain widows who had been remarried fromm inheriting. Now, this bar is removed.