A Legal Study of the Life and Problems of a Divorced Woman in Indian Society

Abstract

Divorce has always been a reliable means to start discussions on unsolved issues, whether the conversation is for academic purposes or simply for fun. The discussions may go indefinitely, but the real-life consequences, particularly for women in India, have been ongoing. People tend to think that divorced women struggle with their emotions, social lives, and finances. Even the most educated and hard-working women in our society have faced social rejection since women are still primarily seen as second-class citizens. A divorce is the legal process of dissolving a marriage and freeing one spouse from the other. It happens after a marriage has been established. When two individuals have radically different thoughts and goals, they may decide to get a divorce. When husbands and wives sign a legal document, they proclaim that they are no longer married to one other and offer each other permission to be married again if they want to do so. The study investigates the challenges that women face during and after a divorce in order to identify the specific impediments that they encounter. A woman who is going through a divorce has a multitude of challenges in several aspects of her life. This legal research aims to determine how much women have been affected by the significant increase in divorce rates and to provide potential remedies to these problems.