The Marriage Laws Amendment Bill is a

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that was first introduced in the

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in 2010. It proposes changes to the

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 The Hindu Marriage Act is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted in 1955 which was passed on 18th of May. Three other important acts were also enacted as part of the Hindu Code Bills during this time: the Hindu Succession Act (1956), the Hin ...

and

Special Marriage Act, 1954 The Special Marriage Act, 1954 is an Act of the Parliament of India with provision for civil marriage (or "registered marriage") for people of India and all Indian nationals in foreign countries, irrelevant of the religion or faith followed ...

. Both acts has a provision for

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by mutual consensus of both the parties. The amendment of the marriage laws propose '

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' as an additional ground for seeking divorce. Under this provision any marriage party could file a petition for divorce. It grants a wife a share in her husband's inherited and inheritable property. But doesn't give Husband a share in any of his wife's property.

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