Between Faith And Fundamental Rights: The Evolution Of Muslim Women's Marital Rights In India

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Akanksha Choubey, Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University

Ashutosh Mishra, Assistant Professor, Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University

1. ABSTRACT

This article examines Muslim women's conjugal rights in India and how they relate to the conflict between the persistence of faith-based specific laws and characteristic indigenous protections of gender equality. It takes into account significant legal reforms like the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act of 1937, the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act of 1939, the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act of 1986, and the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act of 2019, as well as recent Supreme Court rulings like Shah Bano(1985), Danial Latifi(2001), and Shayara Bano(2017). It also considers the donation of the discourse on the Uniform Civil Code and Muslim women's organisations to induce change from within. It suggests that the part of long-term gains is to amplify Muslim women's voices, instead of exploiting their rights for majority political agendas.

Keywords: Indigenous, Gender, Equality, Women, Political.

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