Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 see Muslim Laws

This authoritative edition collects the full text of the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939, presented with clear section headings, a user-friendly index and concise practitioner notes to assist navigation and application in court. The Act provides statutory grounds by which a Muslim woman may obtain dissolution — including desertion and disappearance, failure to provide maintenance, imprisonment of the husband, conversion, incurable disease, impotence at marriage, cruelty and other specific statutory grounds — and prescribes procedural routes for petition and relief. The book clarifies interplay between the Act and general Muslim personal law, highlights documentary and evidentiary requirements for different grounds, and includes model petition headings and checklists for practitioners. Annotated marginal notes explain commonly litigated points and cross-references to landmark judicial interpretations, enabling quick-case preparation. Compact and practice-oriented, the edition is tailored for litigators preparing dissolution petitions, family-court judges deciding contested matrimonial suits, legal aid counsel and NGOs assisting women, and law students studying personal law. It consolidates legislation, procedural tools and pragmatic guidance into one reliable resource that saves time and reduces research overhead in family-law practice.