• Dr. Vipin Malhotra

The article specifically deals with the Hindu matrimonial life undergoing severe turmoil in the light of various judicial judgments. The diversity of the Hindu way of life has given rise to several kinds of problems in marital life. The menace of child marriage amongst the illiterate and the lower middle class is hardly reducing, also they are infested with the dowry problems despite several strong legislations whereas the educated middle class and the upper middle class is opting out of the conventional matrimonial life. The newly emerging trends in live-in relationships are creating new challenges for the legal fraternity. The society stands at a crossroad. The criminalisation of different aspects of marital life has shown that there is a need to adopt a more sociological and psychological approach to deal with this crisis which cannot be handled with a mere legal whip; instead, they have to be resolved with a social will.

matrimony, child marriage, dowry, divorce, cruelty, adultery.

"Matrimonial Hindu laws and Changing Family system in the light of recent Supreme Court judgments", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.134-147, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906R59.pdf

"Matrimonial Hindu laws and Changing Family system in the light of recent Supreme Court judgments", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp134-147, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906R59.pdf