EMERGING GENDER EQUATIONS IN THE REALM OF CONTEMPORARY PERSONAL LAWS: A LEGAL CONSPECTUS


Article type :

Original article

Author :

Rahil Setia

Volume :

1

Issue :

1

Abstract :

Dynamism is an element common to both law and society. They both have a cause and effect relationship as the law may become a cause for effectual change in society or vice versa. With the advent of new liberal polity at the cusp of the 20th century, the world witnessed a departure from the earlier entrenched notions of gender binaries and having a crystallized perspective towards things. The perception of the populace of the modern world acquired more fluidity and flexibility which provided it with a touch of inclusiveness and a sense of compassion towards fellow human beings. It becomes an indispensable machination to harmonize laws to bring them in commensuration with modified societal perceptions is the majority of the Democratic Egalitarian Societies across the Globe to confer statutory legitimacy to the rights of the ostracized segment. Endeavour has been made to introspect such contemporary legal and societal machinations in contradistinction to the realm of various Personal Laws. The advent of the new constitutional order presents an opportunity to undertake a comparative analysis of the souls of two legal domains in the context of the eras which they dominated and the socially influenced contemporary legal tinkering that they have been subjected to.

Keyword :

Personal Laws, Realm