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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939''' deals with the situations in which [[Muslims|Muslim]] women in [[India]] can obtain [[divorce]].<ref name="dissolution1939">{{cite web|title=the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1458498/|website=indiankanoon.org|access-date=1 December 2017}}</ref> Its title and content refer to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''The </del>Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</del>,<ref name="indianexpress1">{{cite web|last1=Rooychowdhary|first1=Arija|title=Shariat and Muslim Personal Law: All your questions answered|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/research/shariat-muslim-personal-law-sharia-history-shayara-bano-shah-bano-triple-talaq-personal-laws-religious-laws-uniform-civil-code-2784081/|website=The Indian Express|publisher=Indian Express|access-date=11 July 2018|date=4 May 2016}}</ref> which deals with [[marriage]], succession and [[inheritance]] among Muslims. The 1939 act (Act No. 8 of 1939) is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an act </del>to consolidate and clarify the provisions of [[Sharia|Muslim Law]] relating to suits for dissolution of marriage by women married under Muslim Law. The act received assent of the Governor-General on 17 March 1939.<ref name="vakilno1">{{cite web |title=THE DISSOLUTION OF MUSLIM MARRIAGESACT, 1939 |url=https://www.vakilno1.com/bareacts/dissolutionmarriageact/dissolutionofmuslimmarriageact.html |website=www.vakilno1.com |access-date=10 July 2018}}</ref> In Muslim law, the wife can claim divorce under extrajudicial or judicial modes. The extrajudicial modes are Talaaq-i-tafweez and Lian. The judicial mode is by Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939. The act defines the grounds for divorce and the procedure <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for the purpose</del>.<ref name="legalservices">{{cite web |last1=Gupta |first1=Setu |title=The Concept of Divorce under Muslim Law |url=<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http</del>://www.legalserviceindia.com/article/l393-Divorce-under-Muslim-Law.html |website=www.legalservicesindia |access-date=10 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="Legalservices">{{cite web |last1=Malik |first1=Neha |title=Muslim women's right for dissolution of marriage |url=<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http</del>://www.legalserviceindia.com/article/l338-Muslim-womens-right-for-dissolution-of-marriage.html |website=www.legalservicesindia.com |access-date=10 July 2018}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939''' deals with the situations in which [[Muslims|Muslim]] women in [[India]] can obtain [[divorce]].<ref name="dissolution1939">{{cite web|title=the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1458498/|website=indiankanoon.org|access-date=1 December 2017<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">}} {{PD-notice</ins>}}</ref> Its title and content refer to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937,<ref name="indianexpress1">{{cite web|last1=Rooychowdhary|first1=Arija|title=Shariat and Muslim Personal Law: All your questions answered|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/research/shariat-muslim-personal-law-sharia-history-shayara-bano-shah-bano-triple-talaq-personal-laws-religious-laws-uniform-civil-code-2784081/|website=The Indian Express|publisher=Indian Express|access-date=11 July 2018|date=4 May 2016}}</ref> which deals with [[marriage]], succession and [[inheritance]] among Muslims. The 1939 act (Act No. 8 of 1939) is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">meant </ins>to consolidate and clarify the provisions of [[Sharia|Muslim Law]] relating to suits for dissolution of marriage <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">brought </ins>by women married under Muslim Law. The act received assent of the Governor-General on 17 March 1939.<ref name="vakilno1">{{cite web |title=THE DISSOLUTION OF MUSLIM MARRIAGESACT, 1939 |url=https://www.vakilno1.com/bareacts/dissolutionmarriageact/dissolutionofmuslimmarriageact.html |website=www.vakilno1.com |access-date=10 July 2018 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|archive-date=24 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724084227/https://www.vakilno1.com/bareacts/dissolutionmarriageact/dissolutionofmuslimmarriageact.html |url-status=dead </ins>}}</ref> In Muslim law, the wife can claim divorce under extrajudicial or judicial modes. The extrajudicial modes are Talaaq-i-tafweez and Lian. The judicial mode is by Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939. The act defines the grounds for divorce and the procedure <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that applies</ins>.<ref name="legalservices">{{cite web |last1=Gupta |first1=Setu |title=The Concept of Divorce under Muslim Law |url=<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">https</ins>://www.legalserviceindia.com/article/l393-Divorce-under-Muslim-Law.html |website=www.legalservicesindia |access-date=10 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="Legalservices">{{cite web |last1=Malik |first1=Neha |title=Muslim women's right for dissolution of marriage |url=<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">https</ins>://www.legalserviceindia.com/article/l338-Muslim-womens-right-for-dissolution-of-marriage.html |website=www.legalservicesindia.com |access-date=10 July 2018}}</ref<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">> An important aspect of this law is Section 4 that states "The renunciation of Islam by a married Muslim woman or her conversion to faith other than Islam shall not by itself operate to dissolve her marriage".<ref name="dissolution1939"/</ins>></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Grounds for divorce ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Grounds for divorce ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Under the act a woman married under Muslim <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Law </del>shall be entitled to obtain a decree for the dissolution of her marriage on any one or more of the following grounds,</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Under the act<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>a woman married under Muslim <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">law </ins>shall be entitled to obtain a decree for the dissolution of her marriage on any one or more of the following grounds,<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref name="dissolution1939"/></ins></div></td></tr>
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The '''Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939''' deals with the situations in which [[Muslims|Muslim]] women in [[India]] can obtain [[divorce]].<ref name="dissolution1939">{{cite web|title=the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1458498/|website=indiankanoon.org|access-date=1 December 2017}}</ref> Its title and content refer to '''The Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937''',<ref name="indianexpress1">{{cite web|last1=Rooychowdhary|first1=Arija|title=Shariat and Muslim Personal Law: All your questions answered|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/research/shariat-muslim-personal-law-sharia-history-shayara-bano-shah-bano-triple-talaq-personal-laws-religious-laws-uniform-civil-code-2784081/|website=The Indian Express|publisher=Indian Express|access-date=11 July 2018|date=4 May 2016}}</ref> which deals with [[marriage]], succession and [[inheritance]] among Muslims. The 1939 act (Act No. 8 of 1939) is an act to consolidate and clarify the provisions of [[Sharia|Muslim Law]] relating to suits for dissolution of marriage by women married under Muslim Law. The act received assent of the Governor-General on 17 March 1939.<ref name="vakilno1">{{cite web |title=THE DISSOLUTION OF MUSLIM MARRIAGESACT, 1939 |url=https://www.vakilno1.com/bareacts/dissolutionmarriageact/dissolutionofmuslimmarriageact.html |website=www.vakilno1.com |access-date=10 July 2018}}</ref> In Muslim law, the wife can claim divorce under extrajudicial or judicial modes. The extrajudicial modes are Talaaq-i-tafweez and Lian. The judicial mode is by Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939. The act defines the grounds for divorce and the procedure for the purpose.<ref name="legalservices">{{cite web |last1=Gupta |first1=Setu |title=The Concept of Divorce under Muslim Law |url=http://www.legalserviceindia.com/article/l393-Divorce-under-Muslim-Law.html |website=www.legalservicesindia |access-date=10 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="Legalservices">{{cite web |last1=Malik |first1=Neha |title=Muslim women's right for dissolution of marriage |url=http://www.legalserviceindia.com/article/l338-Muslim-womens-right-for-dissolution-of-marriage.html |website=www.legalservicesindia.com |access-date=10 July 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Grounds for divorce ==<br />
Under the act a woman married under Muslim Law shall be entitled to obtain a decree for the dissolution of her marriage on any one or more of the following grounds,<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Muslim personal law in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://chdslsa.gov.in/right_menu/act/pdf/muslim.pdf Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939]<br />
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