The recently-cleared amendments to the Marriage Laws by the Cabinet, which allows equal share of residential property to wife and children, has not gone down well with NGOs as about 40 such organisations from all over India have decided to protest against the new divorce bill next week.
If passed, the amended bill will give women a clearly-defined share in their husband’s immovable property, including that acquired before marriage. As per the recent amendments, a wife would now be eligible to oppose the husband’s plea for divorce under the new irretrievable breakdown of marriage clause, the husband on the other hand will not have such a right if the wife moves the court on the same grounds.
“This is totally injustice and against any natural justice system of the world. The property accrued before marriage, either spouse should not have any right, as there is no contribution of the other spouse on that, the contribution to be considered only on the property made after marriage and any claim to other’s property to be allowed if only the marriage obligation is more than 10 years,” said a senior representative from Save Family Foundation.
While, the new amendments have already received flak from the BJP, many organisations working for the cause of men have also submitted their objections to a Parliament committee.
Expressing that this the new amendments (if passed) will create disharmony, huge litigation in courts for property disputes, increase of crime, NGOs have decided to protest against the proposed amendments at Jantar Mantar next week.