It is surprising, that there is also no Hindu marriage law or Hindu marriage register in the
country. So when the Hindu women want to come out of bad marriages they are in trouble.
Widow remarriage: In Bangladesh remarriage of widow is permitted by the "Hindu Widow's
Remarriage Act, 1856". According to this Act, no religious ceremonies are necessary in the
case of marriage of widow. Again if a widow marries for the second time, she can't retain the
property of her previous husband (Ndrunnab.i 'Vs Joynal Abediri 1977 29 DLR SC 137). Even
if custom allows, a Hindu widow by such remarriage forfeits her right to her deceased
husband's property (Sowdamini Ray Malakar Vs Narendra Ch.
Maintenance: A Hindu husband has the personal obligation to maintain his wife, minor
children and aged parents. This obligation does not depend 'on the possession of property,
ancestral or otherwise, I have already mentioned that divorce is unknown to Hindu law in
Bangladesh. So the question of post divorce maintenance does not arise. However, Hindu
Wife in Bangladesh under some specific grounds can live separate from her husband and be
entitled to maintenance. Under the "Hindu Women's Right to Separate Residence and
Maintenance Act, 1946" as applied in Bangladesh a married Hinduwoman may seek separation and the huSband is under responsibility to maintain her if she
can prove that her husband is suffering from some loathsome disease not contracted from her
or is guilty of cruelty which renders it unsafe or undesirable for her to live with him or deserts
or abandons her or marries again or converts to another religion or keeps a • concubine or for
any other justifiable cause.
Property rights: We know that in ancient society there was no question of inheritance, Then
the society was divided into several small gotras. The members of the gotra enjoyed the
property equally. In course of time the idea of inheritance has been established and like other
religions Hinduism also recognizes the idea. From the viewpoint of morality • ancient gotra
system is better than that of the latter because in the former society all the humans enjoyed
the goods, .property equally irrespective of sex. But in Hinduism as applicable in Bangladesh
a large number of women are excluded from inheritance. It is argued that Hinduism makes