There is no doubt that the status of a daughter does not change after she gets married. While hearing a woman’s plea, the Kerala High Court also said that if an act of marriage does not change the status of the son, then it cannot change the status of the daughter as well. It added that married daughters of servicemen or ex-servicemen are eligible to hold a dependent card.
A woman, who is the daughter of former army personnel recently approached the Karnataka High Court after the Sainik Welfare Board refused to issue her a dependant card because she is married. The woman’s father passed away during ‘Operation Parakram’ in 2002. After that, a single-judge bench of the HC ruled that if the son remains a son, married or unmarried, then a daughter shall remain a daughter, married or unmarried. It also mentioned that an act of marriage does not change the status of a daughter.
Karnataka High Court observed that married daughters can also avail dependent cards available to children of former defence personnel.
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Justice M Nagaprasanna added that he is striking down and annihilating the words “till married” in the guideline of the Sainik Welfare Board.
While hearing the woman’s plea, the Karnataka High Court stated that the Board’s rule violates Article 14 of the Constitution of India which guarantees equality. It added that the guideline depicts gender stereotypes that existed years ago and if permitted to remain would be an “anachronistic obstacle” in the march for women’s equality.