AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart 1: Personal Laws and Women's Rights1. Hindu Law of Marriage and Property2. Islamic Law of Marriage and Succession3. Christian Law of Marriage and Succession4. Parsi Law of Marriage and Succession5. The Jewish Law of Marriage and Divorce6. Civil Law of Marriage and Divorce: The Special Marriage Act, 19547. Validity of Customary LawsPart 2: Constitutional Claims and Gender Justice1.

Locating Women's Claims within the Constitutional Domain2. Uniform Civil Code: Contesting Claims and Communal Hues3. Attempts at Formulating the UCCPart 3: Marriage and Its Dissolution1. Marriage: A Social Institution2. Matrimonial Remedies3. Divorce on Fault Grounds4. Consent Theory of Divorce5. Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage6.

Marriage of Minors7. Marriages with Expatriate Indians/ NRI Marriages8. Registration of MarriagesPart 4: Matrimonial Rights and Obligations1. Right to Maintenance2. Right to Matrimonial Home and Property3. Custody and Guardianship of ChildrenPart 5: Family Courts and Gender Justice1. Ideological Premise of the Act2. Institution and Jurisdiction3.

Presiding Officers4. Lawyers and Counsellors5. Challenges Confronting Family Courts6. Best Practices in Family CourtsConclusionBibliographyCase IndexSubject Index.