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'Hindu widow has right to family estate'

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January 14, 2026

THE Supreme Court on Tuesday held that a Hindu widow is entitled to get maintenance from the father-in-law’s estate after his death, under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (HAMA), 1956.

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“Denying maintenance to a widowed daughter-in-law from the estate of her deceased father-in-law on a narrow or technical construction of the statute would expose her to

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