Abstract:
Marriage as a social institution is losing its original concept and the legislative law as well as
the courts are aware of this social upheaval. Just as drug abuse and attacks on internal
security are external criminal threats to Indian society, matrimonial discord and changing
matrimonial ethos are internal destabilizing factors in Hindu civil society. Legislative law
and court procedures have a significant role to play in strengthening and streamlining the
most important social institution of marriage. Thus, marriage laws and other measures for
the welfare of women have become the focus of attention of the Indian legislature as well as
Courts at all levels.
