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 this in the interest of j oint Hindu