The statutory trepidation towards same-sex marriage is doubly unwarranted as the Indian state has in the past stepped outside 'accepted nor...

The state has given a budgetary estimate of Rs 10 lakh in this year's budget for the 45-year old Intercaste and Interfaith Marriage Incenti...

Around two dozen countries don’t have a provision for civil marriage between individuals of different religious faiths. Almost all these co...

The bench, also comprising Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, however, refused to stay the controversial provisions of the laws an...

The bench said, "We have issued notice does not mean that the High Court cannot decide the issue".

Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind in its application said that similar legislations are also being enacted or planned by various other states which also ...

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde refused To stay the controversial provisions of the laws, but issued notices to UP and Uttarakhan...

He claimed that once enforced, this will be the most stringent law in the country against religious conversion carried out by fraudulent me...

After a 19-year old woman married a person of her choice, her father petitioned the high court, complaining that his daughter's statement b...

There is no direction received regarding the Uttar Pradesh government reviewing conditions that allow it to avail or even scrap a 44-year o...

Uttar Pradesh’s new Ordinance, released late last month with much fanfare, is, in fact, a near replica of recent laws from Himachal Pradesh...

The cash incentives are given to all legally registered inter-faith Indian couples, said officials of the state Social Welfare Department.

Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday became the fifth BJP-ruled state in the last one month to promise a strict law against “love jihad”, which has lo...

During the hearing, the bench said it has no doubts regarding maintainability of the petitions, but added that the concept of marriage eman...

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan issued notice to the Ministry of Law and the Delhi government, seeking their s...

The apex court also told the 'khaps' they cannot become "self-appointed conscience keepers" when there is a law and there are courts to dea...

If SC decides to make adultery laws gender-neutral, it could affect provisions on bigamy, dowry and rape in the IPC and Domestic Violence A...