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    Widowed Daughter-in-Law Becomes Dependant After Father-in-Law’s Death: Supreme Court Allows Maintenance Claim from His Estate
    Widowed Daughter-in-Law Becomes Dependant After Father-in-Law’s Death: Supreme Court Allows Maintenance Claim from His Estate
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    Widowed Daughter-in-Law Becomes Dependant After Father-in-Law’s Death: Supreme Court Allows Maintenance Claim from His Estate

    The Supreme Court has ruled that a widowed daughter-in-law qualifies as a dependant under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. This recognition allows her to legally seek maintenance from the estate left behind by her deceased father-in-law.

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    Supreme Court Declares: Tribal Women Have Equal Right to Ancestral Property – Custom Can't Override Equality
    Supreme Court Declares: Tribal Women Have Equal Right to Ancestral Property – Custom Can't Override Equality
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    Supreme Court Declares: Tribal Women Have Equal Right to Ancestral Property – Custom Can’t Override Equality

    Supreme Court rules tribal women and their heirs are entitled to equal property rights. Denial based on outdated customs violates constitutional equality.

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