Is the word divorce in our Constitution?

<div>Till death do us part?</div><div>Or one could file for divorce! </div><div>But Indian laws of marriage and divorce make it easy to marry, but hard to divorce. </div><div>Because to the state, the institution of marriage is more important than the people in it! </div><div><br>And that's why laws insist one must have a “ground” or a reason to want a divorce, such as cruelty, adultery and desertion, amongst others. That’s the “fault theory”. <br><br></div><div>And yet, marital rape is still not one of those grounds.</div><div>That goes against what the constitution of India guarantees us: of equality, liberty and the right to life. </div><div><br>In this episode of The Longest Constitution, delve into why the divorce “fault theory” needs to go. </div><div><br>To find out more about personal laws, marriage and divorce, see the very readable</div><div>Flavia Agnes, (2011), Law, Justice, and Gender: Family Law and Constitutional Provisions in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press. </div><div><br>On the present status of marital rape, (&nbsp;<a href="https://www.firstpost.com/india/why-it-is-time-for-india-to-join-150-countries-in-criminalising-marital-rape-9876111.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span data-auto-link="true" data-href="https://www.firstpost.com/india/why-it-is-time-for-india-to-join-150-countries-in-criminalising-marital-rape-9876111.html">https://www.firstpost.com/india/why-it-is-time-for-india-to-join-150-countries-in-criminalising-marital-rape-9876111.html</span></a> )</div><div><br>You can follow Priya on social media:</div><div>Instagram: ( <a href="https://www.instagram.com/naik.priya/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span data-auto-link="true" data-href="https://www.instagram.com/naik.priya/">https://www.instagram.com/naik.priya/</span></a> )</div><div>Twitter: ( <a href="https://twitter.com/fundamentallyp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span data-auto-link="true" data-href="https://twitter.com/fundamentallyp">https://twitter.com/fundamentallyp</span