Inheritance Laws and Land Rights: Case Studies of Scheduled Caste Women in R.S. Pura Block, Jammu District
Journal Title: Research Journal of Philosophy & Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 1
Abstract
The chief form of income generating property is agricultural land in India. The gender based discrimination in the accessibility and ownership of productive resources including land was considered to be embedded in the social, legal, economic and political structures which further erpetuate inequalities in other spheres. Access to and ownership of property especially land enhances women’s status and position in any community or society. Ownership and inheritance laws are guided by certain laws. The Hindu Succession Act (HSA) was passed in 1956, granting equal rights to Hindu women in the parental property. In the State of J&K this Act was passed on 6th Nov.1956. The HSA has given an important place to Hindu females in the classification of heirs. So this act is applicable to the scheduled caste women also as they come under Hindus. Customarily, in Jammu district (R.S Pura Block), the equal inheritance proclaimed by the act is only notional. In practice few women own land, even fewer effectively control it. Though women have rights but they do not claim their rights due to the various socio- cultural norms. However few women especially the unmarried and widows makes an effort in this direction and claimed their rights. This paper focuses on the case studies of scheduled caste women in R.S Pura Block, district Jammu claiming the land rights. These case studies show to what extent these women have to face problems in the context of claiming their land rights. The study area selected for the present paper is R.S Pura Block because in this area 37 percent of the population constitutes the scheduled castes. The main economic activity is agriculture and dairy farming. The implementation of land reforms in this region has made this area more justifiable for fruitful agricultural activities.
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Ms Ruchi
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