Even with such a liberal construction of matrimonial legislations, the socio- economic stigma and issues attached to a woman due to divorce or separation are raised. Justice O. Chinnappa Reddy, in his concurring opinion in Reynold Rajamani and Anr. v. Union of India and Anr. MANU/SC/0148/1982 : (1982) 2 SCC 474 (see paragraph 14), took note of the position of women in a marital relationship and