Abhishek Tyagi, Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, GGSIPU, Delhi, India
Introduction
India is a country well recognized for its diverse culture among various factors; particularly in terms of religion. With the vast variety of religious beliefs extensively practiced by a huge population of the country, including both the men and women. Religious personal laws are well recognized for paying due respect to each person’s religious beliefs and practices. However, this varied, multicultural society comes with its fair shares of differences that lead to gender inequality and providing with less rights to women as compared to men. “Gender inequality” implies the social made differences among people in the view of their gender identity. The word 'gender' describes the social and cultural view of the general population. Gender is not based on the biological characteristics of a person. Sociologists have characterized gender inequality as the dissimilarity in the position, power and reputation women and men have in groups, collectivities and social orders. The religious personal laws have brought out several taboos, for example, a man-centric society, early marriage of women, dowry, hostile behavior at home and so forth.1 The general public has plonked decisions on the women. The status of women has been of incredible worry at large as well as in personal laws as these laws portray women in a subordinate position to men.
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