Faleiro asked Jethmalani to overhaul the Christian personal laws relating to marriage and divorce as these were outdated and treated women with bias.He asked the government to ``humanise and modernise '' Christian laws, which had British moorings. ``We are Indians and our laws should essentially relate to the ethos and traditions of our culture and land,'' Faleiro said.TheCongress MP said the existing laws were discriminatory to Christian women.

Under the existing law, while the husband can divorce his wife on grounds of adultery, the wife is not entitled to do the same, he has said.