Marriage Act Amendment Bill:- Share in property in divorce!

Thanks to Ambika.

...The property acquired by a couple during the subsistence of marriage ~ was not defined. In the West it was described as “community of property,” she said. This definition was needed as women contributed to a home through their care, while the men bought assets with their income...

Hence it should 50-50 split of  “community of property” (property acquired by both be considered for split-up!! whether or not there was direct contribution by either of spouse in theircounterpart's property. Indirect contribution is but obvious. Two were looking after two different fronts during conjugal life. So wife's contribution in household activities played a big role in financial prosperity of husband!!)

imagine a situation where wife does not have clear ( she may have tentative knowledge)  knowledge about husband's property....a situation when husband would start buying property in his parents' or siblings' name --it is very much possible. How would one prove where are the properties and how much in that scenario? Husband may also buy property after deserting wife so that she is completely in dark about what property has been accumulated.

It may happen with some husbands also.

Good thing that household work is being recognised in terms of property rights.

Only very smart women would stand to gain who from the beginning keep track of husband's investments and the whereabouts of his property. Rest who lack information...would grope in drak while relinquishing their own visible assets and properties( Stri Dhan is always made visible). Is the bill clear on that aspect?????? or should not it be clear on that aspect too?????????

Women contributed to a home though their care..........

in above case there should be time period to be included...... the marriage should atleast be lasted some say 3/5 years minimum.......

what a woman can contributed within 3 months / 6 months / 1 year of marriage and separated and then divorce

also in few other countries I think there is 10 years of marriage required even for (parmanent) maintenance......

anyway atleast some changes are happening......... to give property to wife on top of maintenance as she will not have much property in her name :)........

woman's property (streedhan)is already divided on a 80:20 basis after marriage ceremony,ie,80 percent for saas and 10-20 percent for bahu.it remains divided likewise even when she is thrown out of her house.

now we want 50% of this bahu's bachi kuchi property(if she has)to go to husband?

naaaaaa .... not fair!

It is well said that " there is an woman behind every successful man".  So whatever asset been made after marriage be divided equally.

okeez. yes it is acceptable for both husband and wife. property of wife may be equally distributed to husband iff wife gets her share in husband's property.

what is the latest status. whether bill get passed or not? when this 'equitable distribution of property' recognise in indian courts???  

pl clear one point as someone is suggesting that wife cant claim in self aquired property.....then wat does this article mean????????? pl clearify

@ to All


1. If writers are talking vehemently of EQUITY then why not equally distribute PROPERTY OF FIL also since the wife is already having legal share in her own father's property even after marriage and also even at the time of divorce so when she is asking equitable distribution of husband's acquired property at the time of her divorce then why not same wife also gives her share from her father's side to husband too and why keep quite on that part ! 


There are daily cases in society where after marriage of daughter her father has acquired properties so why not that share to now soon to become ex Husband?


2. The Law is already there for a daughter (married) to get from her father her shares that  Women Organisations donot want to strictly get implemented but now wants to create a social confusion how to equally divide husbands property at the time of her divorce which is what is called opportunity of @ metro wife!.


So in immediate future what will happen either Indian husbands will not buy any property and or wqhat he will do is to create a Trust, he will say instead of division of self acquired property at the time of IrBM let the property go to a Trust so end result @ metro wife still will not get such property rights and forget her fathers property shares to her which they have till date not got implemented by any agitation and or representation before various acting Bodies which to me sounds good in one way because @ metro women tend to get more greedy and end up creating more social confusions at the end of their so called frivilous march.

3. See Laws are already well placed in our society all they needs is strict accountability and judicial activism to get them implemented as for whom they were made instead of endless debates in internet forums please. Shoot (each one of you writers) RTI Application to various bodies on collecting datas first and based on which seek implementation details on these questions the more you all shoot RTI the Govt. wakes up when they see from left and right same que. coming from RTI applicants pan India that is first wake up call one. If any one of you need drafting help on such RTI’s I can free of cost volunteer for your own good otherwise I am cool I know what is real picture in society if property rights is the bone of contention here in this thread.


Now kindly donot outplace rural married womens’ stories and seek metro wife sympathy and end result as you asked is that, the RS Debate is shelved as of date because of two primary reasons;

A) Husband must also be able to claim financial hardship

B) Financial hardship must be objectively defined.     


So any more debates you @ metro wifes need to hear, do whistle me, I may come on board against it purely on equity grounds not frivilous grounds as projected by Majlis and Lawyers Collective so do understand first where the main issues rests then let us jumb on the debate wagon.

@tajobsindiasir

great analysis.........

@ROSHANI

who told streedhan is divided in 80-20........ this is a platform less sentence.......(if you have seen in your friends case........ we have also seen in our friends case.......)

Also here property division is at the time of divorce...... do you means streedhan is divided 80-20 at the time of divorce gr8888 :) - in 2011 you can't throw any metro wife out of house by kicking, they pack their bags well plan and go........ no you can't say they are thrown out without anything....... and metro wife mostly lives in nuclear family witout in-laws where everything is in her hand (> 80%)..........

Marriage Act Amendment Bill is an enterprising Law for married women who wants to be rich. Marry first,  followed by divorce and own 50% of property.  Repeat  the procedure two three times and wow!!!! you are rich. 

The State should not get involved in personal life of people. More  state intervention will cause more matrimonial and legal frictions. Statistics suggest that after infusing christian matrimonial jurisprudence  in to Hindu personal law has  triggered more divorce cases in India, The 2010 Bill will bring more legal disaster into matrimony then it intent to solve. Some legislatures think matrimony as commercial partnership firm where parties invest s*x to produce child and on the event of divorce women can treat children as mortgaged property; husband has to payback for free s*x and claim 50% of property as dividend from the partnership. In future, men  will prefer live-in relationship or will draw contract to with women for s*x and progeny  and not beyond.

If these kind of bill will pass then After few year we will see all metros will be full by lady Ambanis and lady tata and they all will have same business.

Don't laugh or it could be rude but bitter truth.