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DMK rules out alliance with Congress; challenges rivals to local body polls by JanuaryDMK leader R S Bharathi declared no future alliance with the Congress party. He issued a strong electoral challenge to rivals for upcoming ...- Quote of the day by Seneca: 'If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is...' Life lessons on goals, success and hardships by Roman philosopher and statesmanQuote of the day by Seneca highlights the importance of goals, direction and purpose in life. The Roman philosopher explained that people w...
- Who is Ken Paxton? Trump endorses Paxton, putting the GOP Senate seat under fresh spotlight- Will his endorsement cost Republicans the seat?Donald Trump has backed Ken Paxton for Texas Senate, intensifying a Republican battle. This move alarms party leaders who fear Paxton's con...
- Ending a 'live-in' Isn't legally trickyThe Supreme Court has declared that ending a live-in relationship is not a criminal offense. This ruling clarifies that, like marriage, suc...
- Judgements on decriminalising adultery, same-sex consensual relationship 'not a good law': Centre in SCThe Centre has informed the Supreme Court that landmark judgments on adultery and same-sex relationships were based on subjective 'constitu...
- Extramarital app Gleeden hits 4 million in India but it’s the surge in women users that’s catching people's attention4 million Indians are now using Gleeden, an extramarital dating app and Bengaluru is leading the way. But it is the data on women users tha...
- Divorce: Husband not liable to pay maintenance when wife lives in continuous adultery, rules Kerala High CourtA husband has won a divorce case, avoiding maintenance payments. The Kerala High Court ruled that a wife living in continuous adultery is n...
- No alimony for wife as husband proved her extra marital affair and got divorced on grounds of adultery in Chhattisgarh High Court caseDivorce without alimony: The High Court ruled that a wife divorced on grounds of adultery is ineligible for alimony/maintenance under Secti...
- Cruelty and isolated acts of adultery by wife no bar to receiving maintenance from husband: HCJustice Chandra Dhari Singh, who was dealing with a challenge to a trial court directing the husband to pay monthly maintenance to the wife...
- SC notice on Centre's plea seeking verdict decriminalizing adultery be not made applicable on forcesIt has been said when jawans and officers are posted in forward inhospitable areas, their families are taken care of at base camp by other ...
- Army asks defence ministry to retain homosexuality, adultery as punishable offencesThe army believes that allowing homosexuality and adultery will break the fabric that binds it together and effect its teamwork spirit, whi...
- Supreme Court strikes down Victorian-era adultery lawIf adultery is treated as a crime, there would be immense intrusion into the extreme privacy of the matrimonial sphere and it is better lef...
- Adultery no longer a crime, says Supreme CourtThe Centre had defended the Victorian law, stating that continuation of the adultery law is important.
- Supreme Court's adultery verdict strong, progressive on gender equality, say women lawyersSenior advocate Rebecca John and lawyers Aishwarya Bhati and Menaka Guruswamy, termed as correct the apex court's observation that the adul...
- SC verdict on adultery welcomed by lawyers, activistsA five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra was unanimous in striking down Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code dea...
- Supreme Court to pronounce verdict on plea challenging adultery law on ThursdayThe Centre had favoured retention of penal law on adultery, saying that it is a public wrong which causes mental and physical injury to the...
- SC disagrees with government that adultery law is needed to save marriagesThe bench also questioned the law on various counts including that an extra-marital affair becomes non-punishable if the woman's husband st...
- What public good law on adultery serves, asks SC"What is the sanctity of marriage here. If the consent of husband is taken then there is no adultery," the bench said.
- Is it time for India to scrape the patriarchal adultery law?The law is applicable only when the wife commits adultery.
- Woman can't be punished for adultery: SCThe Supreme Court today said a woman in an illicit relationship cannot be punished for adultery despite being an abettor in the crime thoug...
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