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India: Why Can’t Women Own Land?

Categories: South Asia, India, Law, Women & Gender

Rita Banerji [1] discusses some recent court rulings in India and opines that “regardless of gender-neutral laws, even modern democracies like India that proudly flaunt their Constitution, have people in decision making capacities, as in government, law etc. who still apply the law within context of their old cultural mindsets.”