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[2] Ibid.

[3] Shambhavi. (2022). Women's Inheritance Rights to Land and Property in South Asia A Comparative Analysis of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. International Journal of Law Management & Humanities, 5, 1588-[cxxxviii].

[4] Begum, A., & Saha, N. (2017). Women's access to justice in bangladesh: constraints and way forward. Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law, 44(2), 39-58.

[5] Ibid.

[6] Htun, M., & Weldon, S. (2011). State power, religion, and women's rights: comparative analysis of family law. Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, 18(1), 145-166.

[7] Ibid.

[8] Emilia David, What Life was like in Ancient India, GRUNGE, (Oct 30, 2023, 02:06 PM) https://www.grunge.com/.

[9] Hindu Succession Act, 2005.

[10] Radhika Kapur, Status of women in ancient India, RESEARCHGATE, (Oct 30, 2023, 2:06 P.M) https://www.researchgate.net/.

[11] INDIA CONST. Part-IV.

[12] Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937.

[13] Singh, D. (2021). Feminist justice by way of women’s Rights to property: An Indian approach after Independence. Social Science Research Network. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3819134

[14] Knaplund, K. S. (2008). The evolution of women's rights in inheritance. Hastings Women's Law Journal , 19(1), 3-52.

[15] Shambhavi. (2022). Women's Inheritance Rights to Land and Property in South Asia A Comparative Analysis of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. International Journal of Law Management & Humanities, 5, 1588-[cxxxviii].

[16] Hindu Succession Act, 2005, sec. 8

[17] Muslim Family Law Ordinance, 1961, sec. 2

[18] Hindu Succession Act, 2005, sec. 6

[19] Hindu Succession Act, 2005, sec. 24

[20] Muslim Family Law Ordinance, 1961, sec. 5

[21] Muslim Family Law Ordinance, 1961, sec. 6

[22] Hindu Succession Act, 2005, sec. 15

[23] Muslim Family Law Ordinance, 1961, sec. 4

[24] Muslim Family Law Ordinance, 1961, sec. 8

[25] Hindu Succession Act, 2005, sec. 6

[26] Muslim Family Law Ordinance, 1961, sec. 3

[27] Khubber, N., & Singh, P. (2021). Women and land-holding rights in india: gener discrimination riddled with agony. Indian Journal of Law and Justice, 12(2), 193-210.

[28] The Gender Inequality Index (GII) is an index for measurement of gender disparity that was introduced in the 2010 Human Development Report 20th anniversary edition by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).