The committee headed by former Punjab University professor Pam Rajput, which was set up by previous UPA government had submitted the report on Status of Women in India to WCD Minister Maneka Gandhi. The Report had the following recommendations :- 1) Mandatory payment of maintenance to wife and children in the event of separation or divorce, doing away with the clause that it can be stopped if the woman was unchaste or had refused to stay with her husband. 2) Giving woman more rights under the Hindu Succession Act. 3) Not only married woman but also those in live-in relationships which are in nature of marriage should be eligible to it. 4) All relevant laws should be amended to declare the mother as a natural guardian of the child along with the father when a childs custody has to be decided. 5) Appropriate changes to be made in Section 15 and 16 of Hindu Succession Act so that in absence of her husband and children, the property goes to her parents or her parents heirs/siblings instead of relatives of her husband. 6) Section 16 of Hindu Marriage Act to be amended to include all children born outside wedlock and not only children of void and voidable marriages. 7) 50 per cent reservation for women in all decision-making bodies 8) An overhaul of the criminal justice system to ensure justice for women.
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 03:30:53 +0000
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