Kripalinee Mohapatra & Loknath Prasad Sahoo, Birla Global University, Bhubaneswar ABSTRACT Evolution of women’s property and inheritance rights in India is a significant move from patriarchal values to formal legal equality for women. From being restricted under various personal laws, women’s property and inheritance rights have come a long way with colonial and post-colonial legal interventions, including constitutional adjudication and legislative reforms. The Hindu Succession Act, 1956,...