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The Legal Dissolution Of A Socially And Legally Recognized Marital

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1. INTRODUCTION:
Divorce is the "legal dissolution of a socially and legally recognized marital relationship that alters the obligations and privileges of the two persons involved. It is also a major life transition that has far reaching social, pathological, legal, personal and economic consequences." People in society perceive that due to the financial independence of women in the Hindu families, divorce rates are increasing . The increasing divorce rates are taken equivalent to the women empowerment . But, in 2001 census, the national divorce rate was at 0.3% for males and 0.2% of females , which is slightly more than what the divorce rate was in 1970 and 1980 at 0.2% to 0.14%of the total population in 1970s and 1980s,respectively .Though the divorce rates in India are increasing, they are still much lower as compared to the nations like Sweden, U.S, Russia ,where the percentage of marriage that end up to divorce are 54.9%, 54.8% and 43.3% respectively. Even in the neighboring country Sri Lanka, the divorce rate is higher at 1.5%. But, lower divorce rates in India don’t indicate that the couples are in harmony with each other . Divorce rates are low primarily because the women are forced to keep their marriage intact .Actually, there are a greater number of women, who feel extremely exploited in the institution of marriage, but they are compelled by the circumstances to bear the burden of their marital relations. Besides, there is a need to analyse how divorced women

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