FROM SACRED UNION TO LEGAL INSTITUTION: THE ROLE OF STATE AND SOCIETY IN RESOLVING HINDU MARRIAGE CRISIS

Abstract

Hindu marriage is aimed at family construction, and it was the base for the harmonious relation
between family, society & state. However Hindu society which was breeding the issues of
Dowry & Domestic violence etc. In such context, state enters to protect the individual freedom.
Hence marriage is not only related with the society but also directly related with state. When
marriage gets into crises, it is the state which comes to the protect the rights of the individual
and as the mediator, it tries to reconcile with both the parties of conflict with an intention to
making the marriage survive