• Sushil Goswami

The United Nations in its 17 sustainable development goals endeavors to transform the world especially in the areas of poverty, economic growth, social needs such as education, health, social protection, job opportunities, climate change and environmental protection etc. The 17 sustainable development goals importantly, also includes the aspects of ensuring equality for women which is a need of modern contemporary developing societies at global level in order to achieve the sustainable development of mankind. The constitution of India in its part III secures the equality through fundamental rights to the citizens of India. While ensuring the fundamental rights, the constitution of India also protect every citizen from the discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth. In the recent decades the world community at global level and our country at local level has taken various initiative and measures to ensure the equality of status and opportunities, free from the discrimination on the ground of gender however, in some cases the discrimination on the basis of gender is perceptible and the law governing marriage of Hindus is an instance of the same . This article is an attempt to highlight some provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 wherein the disproportion in securing the rights and remedies to Hindu females are evident.

Hindu, Women, Marriage, Equality, Rights

"The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: The Illusion of equality for Hindu Women ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.400-404, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905P61.pdf

"The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: The Illusion of equality for Hindu Women ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp400-404, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905P61.pdf