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The French acquired the territory of Puducherry in 1963 and since then a major quantum of the Puducherry legal system derives influence from the legal system of France. Post-independence, the citizens of this union territory were given an option to choose to be governed by either the French Law or the Indian Law. A few striking differences exist between these two legal systems with respect to adoption, marriage and divorce caused due to irretrievable breakdown of marriage. The French law defines 18 as the minimum age of marriage irrespective of sex, while Indian law provides for a minimum age of 18 and 21 for woman and man respectively. Additionally aspects such as consent in marriages and declaring marriage null and void are very different as per the jurisprudence of both systems. The Hindu Law does not provide for irretrievable breakdown of marriage, though recommendations have been made by the 217th Law Commission in 2009. These recommendations seem to be more feasible compared to the French Laws. Unlike the French law on adoption, earlier under Hindu law a woman could not adopt a child without relating the child to her husband. In such conditions divorced women faced difficulties during the process of adoption. Despite being a more progressive society, application of a few French Laws may not be consistent with the social conditions of * Second Year, BA, LLB (Hons.), National Law School of India University, Bangalore; vayunasunilgupta@nls.ac.in. Christ University Law Journal ISSN 2278-4322 110 our nation. It shall not be incorrect to conclude that it is extremely essential to mould these foreign laws to fit into the Indian society and survive therein.

French Legal System in Puducherry vis-a-vis the Hindu law in India: Impact on Women and Children