NEW DELHI: Secretaries of the ministries of law and women and child development, legal luminaries, social researchers as well as representatives of UN Women, the National Commission for Women and NGOs will participate in a meeting slated for March 26 to deliberate on making prenuptial agreements legal in India.“The objective is to engage the best brains on a subject which is aimed at providing gender justice,” a top government official privy to the matter said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.The meeting is called by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.Prenuptial agreements is a common practice in the West where couples sign a pact on how to treat their assets if the union failed. The agreements also often encapsulate the responsibilities of each other after wedding. Such agreements are rare and have no legal standing in India. Making such pacts legal, the government believes, will work towards improving gender justice and help save marriages.The March 26 meeting is expected to consider ways to make prenuptial agreements legally enforceable.Officials aware of the matter said the Indian Contract Act, 1872 may come as a roadblock in the implementation of prenuptial agreements. Sections 23 & 26 of the Act render such pacts as “void”.Also, none of the marriage Acts in India provide for prenuptial agreements. Hence, there is a need to ascertain ways to amend existing laws.