Combining facts and analysis, the volume cites laws and cases relating to women in the context of matrimonial rights and obligations, personal laws, marriage and divorce, and constitutional claims, in contemporary India in a historical perspective.
An Omnibus Comprising Law and Gender Inequality, Enslaved Daughters, Hindu Women and Marriage Law
These three authors map the issue of equality before law and various issues relating to women's rights, social justice, and empowerment. The omnibus forms a comprehensive and significant study for understanding why progressive laws, once passed, continue to be implemented in such a limitedmanner. It highlights that legislation even in the past fifty years have not brought equality.