by Flavia Agnes
Columnist Flavia Agnes
presents a deep study of marriage laws proposed in the parliament for
amendment. She says it does not consider the rights of women in it. She writes:
The proposed
amendments to marriage laws lack the detail to guarantee women their full due
The questions foremost
in the minds of activists are — how will the provisions for quick divorces
affect rural women for whom marriage symbolises social status and divorce
spells doom and destitution? Also, what will be the guidelines for distributing
property, when the concept is new and hitherto unknown to Indian family law
jurisprudence? Will the inherent gender biases that predominate court
proceedings overshadow
fair distribution? More importantly, if a husband, prior to filing the divorce
petition transfers his property to his relatives or squanders away his wealth,
what will be left for fair distribution at the time of divorce? Such trends are
being adopted to defeat women’s claims to meagre maintenance. Will the new
amendment provide further boost to such tendencies?
According to Flavia
Agnes women rights have not been fully taken into consideration in the proposed
marriage law.
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