What was the inflict of various reforms in the sphere of legislation
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THE PASSAGE OF the Indian Divorce (Amendment) Bill last week by Parliament is welcome insofar as it incorporates current norms of gender equality into the more than a century old Indian Divorce Act that governs the Christian communities in this country. The overwhelming consensus within various denominations of this religion on some of the key amendments in the Bill is especially noteworthy considering that not long ago, a divergence of views on laws concerning adoption and mixed marriages among Christians led to the deferral of the Christian Marriage Bill of 2000. Under the 1869 Act, adultery alone was sufficient ground for a man to obtain divorce, whereas towards the same end, a woman had to furnish evidence of cruelty, bigamy, bestiality and desertion coupled with adultery against her spouse. Thus, the onus was entirely on Christian women to terminate wedlock.