This ground is not available to Christian women under the Indian Divorce Act. Christian men can obtain a divorce if they prove just one ground. Though the Child Marriage Restraint Act outlaws child marriage, the Act is often rendered ineffective. Various marriage laws allow minors to be married with the consent of their parents or guardians. Except in the state of Goa, there is no law for the distribution of matrimonial property.
Women are dependent on their husbands for maintenance.
As a result, even in a case of marital discord involving cruelty, divorce is usually the last option and women continue to suffer in the confines of disastrous and even deadly marriages. The Constitution of India, in its glorious preamble, guarantees all its citizens equality before the law regardless of sex. It is evident from the examples and issues mentioned in this presentation that the law in India, particularly the personal law, denies this equality to women. This inequality can only be rectified through the establishment of a gender just legal environment. Now that we have identified the problem, let us look at possible solutions.