Rights Of Women Under Personal Law And Statutory Law: A Comparative Study

Abstract

The citizens of Bangladesh prefer religion over customs, and the People's Republic of Bangladesh, a secular nation, has smooth laws except for the Marital and Family laws. As marital family issues in Bangladesh are controlled by personal law, religion law is important. Citizens have the right to follow their religion, however there are doctrinal differences between Muslim and Hindu marital rights. Marital rights are consistently violated in Bangladesh. Married women in Islam are granted several rights, including life and liberty, marriage, education, dower, maintenance, and the right to divorce. Most Bangladeshis are opposed to granting married women rights. Most religious rules limit women's marital rights. According to religious traditions, married women inherit differently depending on their religious views. In comparison to men, their share is often lower or nonexistent. The main fact is that women receive little or no share because of societal dominance. Gender inequality is increased by religion- based personal laws, and Muslim women have higher inheritance rights than Hindu women. Only patriarchy denies married women equal legal rights in our culture. Article 28(1) of the Bangladesh constitution prohibits discrimination based on religion, ethnicity, class, gender, or origin, whereas Article 28(4) allows the state to make special accommodations for women, children, and backward people. We should modify these old traditional rules for the sake of marital rights of women. There is a proverb that, injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere so that Bangladesh will progress by recognizing marital the rights of women.