Hindu Marriage Act/ Muslim personal laws

Hindu Marriage Act

The Hindu Marriage Act came in the year Options 1955 1933 1944 1966

The Constitution of India guaranteed formal equality and radical social reforms, forbidding child marriage (below the age of 18 for a girl), legalizing remarriage of widows and providing equal share to women in the joint family, property under the Inheritance Act, introducing important deviations from the traditional fabric in the Indian social structure. But the laws did not succeed to change attitudes, and the prevailing societal mindset towards women is still conditioned by religious symbolism which highlights the self-sacrificing, self-effacing pure image of women and a woman as a faithful wife and devout mother. Subservience of women is summed up in Manu’s code, where it is stated that a woman should never be independent. Choose the correct option. (1 Mark) Child marriage is below the age of? OPTIONS 1. 5 2. 9 3. 14 4. All the options are correct

In respect to Civil, Christian and Hindu marriages, the Kenyan Marriage Act, 2014 borrows heavily from English Common Law where marriage, as encapsulated by Hyde v Hyde, is a private agreement between one woman and one man to the exclusion of all others. The Act also makes provisions for African Customary Marriages which are, by and large, a communal affair that is signified by protracted negotiations, customary rites, and marriage consideration. The aforementioned fundamental differences notwithstanding, there are significant points of convergence between Christian and African Customary Law marriages in Kenya. Discuss this assertion in the context of the essentials of a valid marriage, citing relevant constitutional provisions, statutes, case law, and customary law practices. can i get information on the above in reference to the 2010 constituon of kenya

I was given a feedback to my proposal: The most interesting part of your proposal is the gap between the representation of women in the Hindu scripts/texts and the Hindu personal laws. The UCC seems to come in as a second issue and I can see how they link as given the way women are depicted in the current set of laws despite the texts/scriptures there is no reason to think a UCC would be any different. Perhaps (since your focus is mostly on Hindu texts and laws) rather than linking it to a UCC you could consider reform of the Hindu personal laws. Many feminists are now calling for a reform to each set of personal laws rather than a UCC. Could you please geenrate a new research essay plan that reflects the advice from the feedback?