Inheritance law in India formally guarantees women equal rights to family property, yet in practice many women are excluded through informal processes, social pressure, and lack of legal access. This article explains how inheritance law works, and where economic inequality quietly enters, so that rights on paper can become rights in practice.

Author: Santosh K. Pawar, Esq. Transferring assets of the Deceased, based on claimed "Will", is a legal process regulated by prescribed laws. Compliance is mandatory. There is absolutely no reason or justification for risking family harmony and relationships, when legal system exists to assist claimants (of Will) as well as all other legal heirs. All legal heirs (of the same class - surviving spouse, surviving mother, daughters, and sons) have equal share in each asse

January 26, 2022 Author: Santosh K. Pawar Inheritance is a right of every legal heir. No one has any authority to deprive any legal heir of his/her right without due process of law. Law prescribes process to transfer property, whether it is cash or Real Estate, whether transfer occurs by Sale, Gift or Inheritance. Compliance with prescribed laws is mandatory for all legal heirs, whether it is surviving spouse, sons or daughters. Assets of the Deceased must t

Se ptember 02, 2021 Santosh K. Pawar, Esq. Partition/Transfer of assets left behind by the Deceased is not an option but legal necessity, Hence, transfer process must begin with assistance of experienced legal professional at the earliest possible moment to avoid civil, criminal and tax consequences. No successor acquires any ownership rights in any asset of the deceased till ownership transfers. W hat all legal heir must know, is that by operation law, upon demis

August 10, 2021 Santosh K. Pawar, Esq. Transferring ownership of any asset, cash or non-cash (property), requires compliance with applicable laws. There are many misconceptions for transfer when any asset is owned by the deceased. All legal heirs have equal share in every asset of the deceased. Anyone intending to deprive other legal heir(s) of his/her/their equal share, on any ground, whatsoever, must be in possession of court order. Legal heirs do have an option to mutuall