Top Law News Wife’s position made stronger-Cabinet clears tweak to marriage bill May 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Amid Opposition demands to make divorce more women-friendly, the government today approved fresh amendments in a Bill pending in the Rajya Sabha to give the wife a clearly defined share in the husband’s immovable residential property in case of a divorce. A meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, took up […] Read more » Cabinet clears marriage bill Hindu Marriage Act 1955 immovable residential property share in the husband's immovable residential property Special Marriage Act 1954 Wife’s position made stronger