Ladies! What are your rights as a wife? This lawyer breaks it down.
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00:00I'm sure a lot of you ladies go through this when it comes to changing your surname after
00:16marriage whether you should or whether you shouldn't whether you want to retain your
00:21own identity or you want to take on the identity of the family that you get married to just
00:26remember that there is no law in the country which requires you to change your surname
00:30it's only a cultural practice which has come down generations which asks us to change our
00:37surname so it's your choice if you want to change your surname go ahead and if you don't want to
00:42there's nothing requiring you to do so
00:48just in case a marriage has been called off just before the wedding by the bride or the groom
00:53when the other party can actually go to the civil court and claim compensation
00:58for the expenses that has already been made for the marriage
01:04you know the best part about getting married are all those fancy gifts that you get
01:08and the even better news is that all those gifts that you get during your wedding
01:13are tax-free yes you're exempt from tax no matter the cost and no matter the kind of gift
01:19you know inter-religious marriages are absolutely legal in the country but it's important for you
01:26to get married the right way for your marriage to be legal and valid as per the law now in india
01:33all marriages are governed by religious personal laws so two hindus can get married under the
01:38hindu laws two muslims under the muslim personal laws and two christians under the christian laws
01:43so in case you belong to two different religions you need to get registered and get married under
01:48the special marriage act for your marriage to be legal and valid as per the law
01:56if you ladies find yourself in some kind of trouble and you need an advocate to represent
02:00you for that but you're hesitant to go to one because you think their fees is way too much
02:05and you won't be able to afford it remember that women and children have right to free legal aid
02:10in this country so if you want a lawyer for free the government will provide you one all you need
02:15to do is approach the legal services authority in the court complex in your city or you can also
02:21go online and make an application on nalsa.gov.in and you get a pro bono lawyer to fight your case
02:33did you know that the protection of women from domestic violence act not only protects women
02:38from abuse from their husband or in-laws but also domestic violence by their parents brothers
02:44sisters or anyone or any relative that they live in a shared household with and domestic violence
02:52doesn't only mean physical violence the act covers all kinds of abuse such as sexual verbal emotional
03:00financial and economic abuse
03:05did you know that women have absolutely no ownership rights over the house of her husband
03:11or her in-laws or the matrimonial home she stays in she only has a right to
03:15stay in that matrimonial house and not be thrown out at any point of time
03:22but hey here is some good news hindu women have a right to share in the property of their parents
03:28even after marriage yes as for the hindu succession act
03:32both the son and the daughter have equal share to parents property
03:40you