The Rights of Parsi Women

A Study of Marriage and Divorce Laws in Parsi Personal Law (1830-1988)

Abstract

Parsis, though numerically small in numbers emerged as an important community during the British rule. Parsis were politically and economically significant during this time. As a result of their close proximity to the Britishers, Parsis could lobbied and negotiate separate personal laws for the community. Parsis boycotted British statute applied to them and moved government to provide it its own separate laws on marriage, divorce and succession. Laws suitable to their conditions and ideas. Prior to 1837, the English laws applied to Parsis in all civil matters, except marriage and bigamy.