It is a popular fallacy that a Muslim male enjoys, under the Quranic law, unbridled authority to liquidate the marriage. The Whole Quran expressly forbids a man to seek pretexts for divorcing his wife, so long as she remains faithful and obedient to him... However, Muslim law, as applied in India, has taken a course contrary to the spirit of what the Prophet or the Holy Quran laid down and the same misconception vitiates the law dealing with the wife's right to divorce. Indeed, a deeper study of the subject discloses a surprisingly rational, realistic and modern law of divorce.