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Something very good has been done by Karnataka government! A great decision for married daughters who generally do not get their right as a daughter to their parents after they get married. The Karnataka High Court, while quashing the gender-biased Sainik Welfare Board guideline that prevented married daughters from availing dependent cards available for the children of ex-defence personnel, mentioned that a married daughter remains a daughter in the same way in which a married son remains a son. A single judge bench of the High Court ruled the order on January 2 and said, “If the son remains a son, married or unmarried; a daughter shall remain a daughter, married or unmarried. If the act of marriage does not change the son’s status, the act of marriage cannot and shall not change the status of a daughter,”The single judge bench of Karnataka High Court comprising of Justice M Nagaprasanna announced the judgment while hearing a plea moved down by a 31-year-old daughter of former army p