New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a widowed Hindu woman cannot be denied maintenance from her deceased father-in-law's property simply because her husband died after her father-in-law. Calling such a distinction unfair and unconstitutional, the court said it violates a woman's right to equality and to live with dignity. A bench of justices Pankaj Mithal and SVN Bhatti rejected the argument that the timing of a husband's death can decide a widow's right to maintenance. The court said it was completely unreasonable to treat widowed daughters-in-law differently just because of when their husbands died - something over which the women had no control. The bench said that denying maintenance on such a basis violates th...