The Court, in interpreting the Hindu Succession Act, gave women the absolute right to property even when a will would ostensibly have limit the woman's right to the property.
(found in ''Women and Law: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Indian Supreme Courts' Equality Jurisprudence'' by Eileen Kaufman, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 34, No. 3, p 592)
India: Sesharathamma v. Manikyamma, (1991) 3 S.C.R. 717
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