‘SPIN’ on the law changes!

http://lifestyle.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2096496.cms
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"Under the ancient Hindu law, a concubine had to be given maintenance and if the partner died a part of the estate had to be given to her. Now the position of the women in live-in relationships is equal to that of a concubine, is it not?" says Susila Devi, senior advocate of criminal and family matters and former chairman of Andhra Pradesh Mahila Commission.
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Read this on the TOI feature regarding the law protecting a woman in a live-in relation ship, asking the man who decided to walkaway to pay her compensation! Well, the law itself is making this relationship gravitate towards an age-old existing practice - called ‘Concubinery’! Irrespective of the fact that, the woman herself chose to enter the relationship and live with the man, to test out for a period - the compatibility et al, in totum (No one seems to care these days as to whom you slept with before, as long as you dont carry HIV/STD, I guess, but thats for a different post)!