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Village Panchayat issues diktat over marriage in Bidhuri Gotra, Delhi HC g
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Khap-like Panchayat diktat has come to light in a village of the South East District of the National Capital, where the predominant Bidhuri Gotra panchayat issued a diktat to a member of the Chechi Gotra to cancel the proposed marriage of his son with a girl of their Gotra.
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"I married a heart mender...": Madhuri Dixit on getting married to Dr Nene
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a conversation with ANI, she got candid about getting married to a "heart mender" who had no preconceived notions about her stardom. The actor said marrying someone who saw her simply as a person and not a celebrity was really satisfying and reassuring.
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Pregnancy No Shield Against Proven Cruelty, says Delhi HC While Ending Mar
Updated : 6 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court observed that the wife's pregnancy and subsequent miscarriage in 2019 could not wipe away the sustained pattern of mental cruelty she inflicted on her husband, as it granted him a decree of divorce and overturned the Family Court's refusal to do so.
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SC directs states, UTs to frame rules for registration of Sikh marriages
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta directed the States (and UTs) that are yet to frame such rules to ensure that marriages solemnised by 'Anand Karaj' are received for registration with immediate effect under the prevailing marriage registration framework without discriminatio
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Hindu marriage cannot be dissolved by village deed": Delhi HC upholds dism
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Delhi High Court has categorically held that "a duly solemnised Hindu marriage cannot be dissolved by signing a marriage dissolution deed before village persons."
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Uttarakhand UCC seeks to establish equality by eliminating gender-based di
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Professor Surekha Dangwal, a member of the expert committee that drafted the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and Vice Chancellor of Doon University, said that UCC not only strengthens the socio-economic security of women and children but will also fortify the institution of marriage.
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Supreme Court seeks data on FIRs filed in Triple Talaq
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought from the Centre an affidavit indicating total number of FIRs registered and charge sheet filed under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, which criminalises Triple Talaq and provides for a jail term up to three years for the hus
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Takes away their choice of partner; violates their rights: SC urges Parlia
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Friday, while stating that marriages fixed in the minority of a child have the effect of violating their rights to free choice, said that Parliament may consider outlawing child betrothals, which may be used to evade penalty under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (P
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Assam Assembly passes bill to abolish Muslim marriages, divorces act
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Assam State Assembly on Thursday passed the Assam Repealing Bill, 2024, which abolished the 89-year-old Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act and Rules of 1935.
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Himachal Pradesh assembly passes amendment in marriage act, raises age lim
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
In a landmark decision, the Himachal Pradesh Assembly, on the first day of its monsoon session, passed legislation to increase the legal age for marriage from 18 to 21 years. The amendment was introduced by Dr. (Col.) Dhani Ram Shandil, Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Social Justic
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All personal laws related to women should be equal across all religions: N
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Rekha Sharma said, "I always say that women's rights should be one and should not be determined based on religion and all personal laws related to women should be equal across all religions. In the Hindu Marriage Act you get alimony after divorce, so why should a Muslim woma
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SC rules Section 125 CrPC applies to Muslim married woman for claiming mai
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Section 125 Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) applied to all married women including Muslim married women and they can claim maintenance from her husband under these provisions.
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