Husband as well as wife
Husband only
Wife only
None of them
Answer is Right!
Answer is Wrong!
The correct answer is (a). The Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 specifies certain grounds of divorce which are available to both husband and wife. These grounds include:
- Insanity
- Impotency
- Cruelty
- Desertion
- Conversion to another religion
- Vicious habits
- Bigamy
- Non-consummation of marriage
- Absence of the husband for four years without any reasonable cause
- Failure to provide maintenance
- Renunciation of Islam
The Act also provides for a judicial separation, which is a temporary separation of the husband and wife. A judicial separation can be granted on the same grounds as divorce, but it does not dissolve the marriage.
The Act is a landmark piece of legislation that has given Muslim women in India greater rights in relation to divorce. It has also helped to reduce the number of divorces in the Muslim community.