The Personal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018 aims to remove discrimination and stigma attached to patients of which disease?
[A] Leprosy
[B] HIV
[C] Typhoid
[D] Cancer
Answers
The Personal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018 aims to remove discrimination and stigma attached to patients of Leprosy disease.
It eliminates as a ground for the dissolution of marriage or divorce.
The Divorce Act, 1869,
The Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939,
The Special Marriage Act, 1954.
The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956 are some of the other discrimination laws.
Solution :-
The personal Laws (Amendment) Bill 2018 attempts to end the discrimination against leprosy patients in various central laws like The Divorce Act 1869; The Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939; The Special Marriage Act 1954; The Hindu Marriage Act 1955; and the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act 1956.
The Bill eliminates leprosy as a ground for dissolution of marriage or divorce. The condition under Section 18 (2) (c) of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, that a Hindu wife is entitled to live separately from her husband without forfeiting her claim to maintenance if the latter is "suffering from a virulent form of leprosy" has been omitted. The amendments introduced in the Bill omit the provision which stigmatise and discriminate against leprosy affected-persons.