A new law protecting HIV/AIDS patients' rights to privacy, work and admission in a hospital is on the anvil for the monsoon session of Parliament. The law will also empower woman with the right to seek an HIV test from a prospective groom before marriage. For a country with the highest number of HIV/AIDS patients (57 lakh) in the world, the bill proposes to nip the bud at the marriage level. After the law comes into force, registration of marriages will be made mandatory. Getting an HIV/AIDS test done will only be a voluntary provision for getting a marriage registered. But not declaring HIV-positive status before marriage will be grounds for divorce and women will have the right to seek an HIV test from a husband or fiance. Women will also have the right to declare an unregistered marriage void and decide on her pregnancy if she is HIV-positive.