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Same-sex marriage: LGBTQ members shouldn't be stigmatised but be assimilat
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A petitioner on Tuesday argued before the Supreme Court that LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning) community should not be stigmatised but assimilated with society by allowing marriage equality.
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Every unmarried daughter has right to reasonable marriage expenses from fa
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Kerala High Court on Tuesday observed that the right of an unmarried daughter to get reasonable expenses concerning her marriage from her father cannot have a religious shade.
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Akhil Bhartiya Sant Samiti moves Intervention Application in SC, opposes s
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Akhil Bhartiya Sant Samiti has moved an Intervention Application in the Supreme Court and said that the concept of same-sex marriage is alien to our society and it is liable to be rejected in toto.
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NCPCR informs SC allowing adoption to same sex couple is akin to "endanger
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has moved an intervening application in the Supreme Court on the various petitions relating to marriage equality and said that allowing the adoption to same-sex couples is akin to endangering children and could impact kid underst
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SC agrees to list tomorrow Centre's application on maintainability of plea
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list tomorrow's Centre fresh application which raised the question of maintainability on various petitions seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage.
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Pleas seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage reflects urban elitis
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Various petitions seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage will be heard by a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on April 18.
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Bobby Darling moves application in SC, supports pleas seeking legal recogn
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Bobby Darling, in her intervening application, has urged the top court to give permission to intervene in the matter and to support the cause of same-sex marriage because such matter relates to the free will of the person which is duly recognised by the various judgements of the top court.
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Five-judge bench led by CJI to hear pleas seeking recognition of same-sex
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Ravindra Bhat, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha will hear the various petitions from April 18.
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SC directs Centre to file status report on steps taken to implement Child
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The apex court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the Society for Enlightenment and Voluntary Action contending that girls below 18 years of age are being married off despite child marriages being outlawed almost a century ago and a new law enacted in 2006.
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Former Pak PM Imran Khan married Bushra Bibi during her Iddat, says cleric
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Mufti Mohammad Saeed made the testimony before Senior Civil Judge Nasrum Minallah during the hearing of a petition seeking legal action against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman for marrying his current wife Bushra Bibi while she was reportedly on Iddat.
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Local Panchayat along the Indo-Tibet-China border passes resolution to ban
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
On the occasion, the Vice-Pradhan of the Sumra village Panchayat Tsering said, "This resolution was passed by the Panchayat to save the outside cultures which had started invading our marriage ceremony in the religion and it pollutes the local culture and tradition".
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Minorities becoming increasingly vulnerable in Pakistan; Balochis, Hindus,
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to studies, Christian girls suffer acid attacks from Muslim suitors in retaliation for rejection. In February 2023, Kamran Allahbux disfigured Sunita, his 19-year-old Christian neighbour, with acid after she declined a marriage proposal. Sunita's family tried for months to report K
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