While this ruling is loudable, it also brings the memory of a bitter sweet tale of Woman's property right movement that started in 1993 with filing of a case in the Supreme Court demanding amends in the Civil Code to give women equal rights over property. Two years later, SC issued a directive to the government to introduce a bill within a year to guarantee the equal property right to women. This was followed by unprecedented public debate on the issue, the magnitude of which showed, for the first time in this way, that we have indeed entered into a democratic era. After innumerable public debates and revisions by parliamentary committee, the bill took a final shape in 2001 to grant women the equal property right. Then something happened, that basically demonstrated the ruling party, Nepali Congress', shocking anti-progressive character and aborted the social revolution the bill was about to bring. NC forced to introduce a provision that forced girls to return the inherited property to the parent if they ever decided to marry. NC succeeded to keep male domination and chauvinism of our society preserved, thanks to the great leaders the party is run by. It feels strange to see that it took a time of King's autocratic rule and SC's judicial intervention to question the barrier forced upon by Nepali Congress 4 years ago. Some reference to the history of Women's propert right bill: - http://www.nepaldemocracy.org/gender/property_rights_movement.htm - http://www.cld.org/wprnilaw.htm - http://www.isiswomen.org/wia/wia199/eco00006.html