Personal laws

Coverage balance

How many entries exist for each party's governments and each decade. This shows where the record is thin, so a quiet period reads as a gap in coverage, not as inactivity.

Dossiers

Actions in time order, by government

1. Jawaharlal Nehru, 15 Aug 1947 to 27 May 1964

   INC INC government

   • ImplementedINC18 May 1955

     Hindu Marriage Act 1955 and Hindu Succession Act 1956

     Parliament codified Hindu marriage, divorce and inheritance law in 1955-56, replacing a draft code with separate Acts; daughters' coparcenary rights followed only in 2005.

     Evidence points +14.0 (range +13.0 to +15.0)