Open AccessComparative Study of Personal Law in India
Author(s) -
S Krishnaleela
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
shanlax international journal of arts, science and humanities (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-0397
DOI - 10.34293/sijash.v7i4.2374
Subject(s) - hinduism , adultery , wife , buddhism , christianity , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , guardian , sociology , civil code , sharia , turkish , dowry , gender studies , nationality , law , islam , religious studies , political science , philosophy , theology , immigration , chemistry , linguistics , gene , biochemistry
A woman was considered less than a full human, an object to be transferred by her male guardian. Though the turn in rights and behavior hasn’t quite corrected itself, women, possibly in a better place today than ever before -women are uniformly discriminated in India concerning all religions. Poly gamy forms a key basis for discrimination among Muslim women. In Christians, a wife can claim separation only on the adultery of the husband and his change of profession of Christianity to some other religion and marrying other women -There are different inheritance rules among the male and female Hindus. All this discrimination among the Indian women have to without any distinction be they Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Parsi, Sikh or Buddhist take what is best in all laws and frame a Uniform Civil Code - This article critically examines the uniform discrimination of women in India among Hindu, Muslim and Christian female marriage, Divorce and succession.