What women should know before getting married

Ladies! What are your rights as a wife? This lawyer breaks it down.

Transcript

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