Accessing the Views of General People on Regarding the Rights to Inheritance of a Hindu Daughter: A Study on Girls of Khulna University

Fatima Tahosin Tova; Pumam Chakrabarty

doi:10.53808/KUS.2025.22.02.1268-lw

Authors

Fatima Tahosin Tova Law Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh
Pumam Chakrabarty Law Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53808/KUS.2025.22.02.1268-lw

Keywords:

Inheritance Rights, Mitakshara School, Gender Discrimination, Stridhana

Abstract

Women typically do not receive a share of their parents' and spouses' property under the existing Hindu inheritance law, or if they do, it is not to the same degree as male family members in most cases. Our nation forbids Hindu women from inheriting their fathers' property. The government's political barriers or restrictions imposed by religious leaders are just two of the challenges Hindu women striving for their rights may encounter. The essay aims to identify the causes of the prejudice and injustice experienced by Hindu women. In order to prove women's rights to inheritance in Bangladesh, the study will also present the psychological and sociological elements of women. To find out why Hindu women are not allowed to own property, the study's author interviewed several female students at Khulna University.

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