A daughter, a co-owner of family property through an oral arrangement, has won a tenant eviction case in the Supreme Court. The court ruled...

A family's plea for a job based on compassionate appointment after 25 years has been rejected. The Patna High Court ruled that such appoint...

ET Wealth Reader's Query: I am a 50-year-old widower. My wife passed away a few years ago. I currently have around 800 grams of gold that b...

Borrowers struggling with debt often face harassment from recovery agents through abusive calls, threats, public shaming, and unauthorised ...

As Greenland grapples with its quest for independence, a wave of rethinking has emerged. The persistent calls from US President Donald Trum...

Joint and mutual Wills, while legally recognized in India, present significant complexities and potential for disputes. Experts highlight t...

A new Bollywood film highlights the extreme miser character's obsession with a wedding gift toaster. This sparks a look at the electric toa...

A long family land dispute spanning over 20 years concluded with the Bombay High Court ruling in favor of an adopted son. The court rejecte...

Life brings constant change, but sudden shifts cause distress. Mary Shelley noted this pain centuries ago. Our minds seek comfort in routin...

Children from a late Hindu husband's first and second marriages will share his ancestral property. The Odisha High Court clarified that off...

A Hindu wife is a class I heir with an equal right to her deceased husband's property, while a Muslim wife without children gets a one-four...

The awareness of one's rights and the courage to claim them are the only weapons that can help women in resisting any injustice that is met...

Succession and inheritance laws are still grey areas for many women, largely due to the lack of uniformity.

Whether you are a wife, daughter or mother, find out what you are entitled to and how you can claim it.

The West Bengal Cooperative Societies Rules, 1987, stipulate that the owner of a flat in a cooperative society can nominate his house in fa...

The new legislation provided that divorce could only be granted by the court and women could now have share in the family property.

The proposed amendment, that is likely to be controversial, aims to redefine the phrase 'residential property' to include not just the resi...