Property law favours Hindus

Indian property law, like most of the family law, is based on religion. For Hindus, this allows a legal entity 'Hindu Undivided Family' to be accepted as a separate body for tax purposes. This means that a hindu family with any given income is liable to pay much lower income tax than a christian or a muslim family. Making it meet the constitutional muster under Article 15, which guarantees equality on the basis of, among other things, religion, very important.