International Research journal of Management Sociology & Humanities
( ISSN 2277 - 9809 (online) ISSN 2348 - 9359 (Print) ) New DOI : 10.32804/IRJMSH
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MUTILATED BODY AND THE SILENT STATE: A CONSTITUTIONAL CASE AGAINST FGM IN INDIA AND FEMINIST JURISPRUDENCE ON THE PATRIARCHAL CUSTOM
1 Author(s): DR. TUSHITA SHARMA
Vol - 17, Issue- 3 , Page(s) : 63 - 76 (2026 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH
Female genital mutilation (hereinafter FGM) — classified by the World Health Organization into four categories ranging from partial clitoral excision to total infibulation — persists in India as a covert practice performed predominantly within the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community under the local designation khatna.