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Dadaji Bhikaji v Rukhmabai (1886) ILR 10 Bom 301 : rewriting consent and conjugal relations in colonial India
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Sharma, Kanika, Lammasniemi, Laura and Sarkar, Tanika (2021) Dadaji Bhikaji v Rukhmabai (1886) ILR 10 Bom 301 : rewriting consent and conjugal relations in colonial India. Indian Law Review, 5 (3). pp. 265-287. doi:10.1080/24730580.2021.1962083 ISSN 2473-0580.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24730580.2021.1962083
Abstract
Through an examination of the late nineteenth century case of Dadaji Bhikaji v Rukhmabai this article traces the history of the doctrine of restitution of conjugal rights (“RCR”) in Hindu law in colonial India. It highlights the importance of caste in situating the life and trials of Rukhmabai in their wider social, colonial, and legal contexts. Following the methodology of the global feminist judgements projects, the paper also offers a re-written judgement for Rukhmabai’s case located in 1886. This new judgement, while bound by the legal rules of the time, puts forward an alternative application of the doctrine of RCR, one that treats the issue of consent as central to such suits. It argues that the legal transplant of RCR ought not to have been applied to Hindu marriages which are often entered into in childhood and makes a case for taking into account female consent to both marriage and to conjugal relations.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman K Law [Moys] > KB General and Comparative Law K Law [Moys] > KN Common Law, Private Law K Law [Moys] > KT Asia and Pacific |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Marriage law -- India -- History -- 19th century, Customary law -- India -- History -- 19th century, Conflict of laws -- Matrimonial actions -- India, Feminist jurisprudence -- India, Law -- History -- India, Marriage -- India, Women's rights -- India | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Indian Law Review | ||||||
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2473-0580 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 12 August 2021 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 5 | ||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 265-287 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/24730580.2021.1962083 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 13 August 2021 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 17 August 2021 |
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