TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sylvia Vatuk
TI  - MARRIAGE AND DISCONTENTS: :Women Islam and the Law in india
SN  - 9789385606090
U1  - 346.54013082 
PY  - 2017////01/01
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Women Unlimited
KW  - Islamic Law
KW  - Marriage
KW  - Marriage Law
KW  - Muslim Women- Legal Status, Law
KW  - India
KW  - Divorce- Law and Legislation
N1  - This landmark study, while giving no quarter to undesirable practices like triple talaq, presents the author's detailed findings on when, and how, Muslim women resort to legal remedies should their marriages break down. Her thoughtful- and thought-provoking-analysis is based on ten years of research in Chennai and Hyderabad, during which she consulted family court records and court petitions; conducted extensive interviews with government-appointed qazis in both cities; met and had detailed discussions with the women themselves, as well as with lawyers, judges, counsellors, court staff and advocates. She also examined, for the first time, the phenomenon of wife-initiated divorces or Khula, and made the startling discovery that their number far exceeded court awarded divorces in any given year.

Vatuk’s account, based on exhaustive empirical data from south India, is the first comprehensive study on how Muslim women negotiate MPL, the family courts and extra-judicial options in order to exit marriages that no longer work

ER  -