Abstract

Bangladesh is a country that is multi-racial and multi-religious. The majority of the population is Muslim. Family disputes such as marriage, divorce, maintenance, guardianship, inheritance, and so on are dealt with under various Personal Laws. Women's repression, domestic abuse, guardianship, and other concerns have all been addressed by the state through a variety of laws that apply to everyone. Advocates for family law reform commonly employ legal arguments based on Islamic law, implying or explicitly accepting the Islamic categorization of family law. This "reform from inside" tactic has gained popularity in recent years, and the arguments have become more ambitious, particularly as women's groups have become more visible and vocal. The reasons for this approach range from religious to pragmatic and include activists' and lawmakers' personal beliefs as well as public antipathy to what appear to be Western, secular family law rules. But sometimes our laws have abruptly deviated from the ambit of sharia law resulting in discrimination towards women and inconsistency most of the time. To remove such inconsistency and bringing back the justice reform in a way of codification is needed in the family law in our country.