Parliament passes law removing leprosy as ground for divorceThe Rajya Sabha on the last day of the Budget session passed the Bill without debate after consensus on the issue.
13 Feb, 2019, 02.13 PM IST
LS passes bill to remove leprosy as ground for divorceThe bill seeks to remove leprosy as a ground for divorce in five personal laws -- Hindu Marriage Act, Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, ...
07 Jan, 2019, 04.34 PM IST
Pakistani lawmakers reject bill to enhance marriage age for girlsThe proposed amendment to increase the age was not only opposed by the Muslim lawmakers but also Hindu and Christian parliamentarians.
05 May, 2017, 01.37 PM IST
'Hindu Marriage Bill' becomes law in Pakistan"On the advice of PM Nawaz Sharif, the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has assented to the 'The Hindu Marriage Bill 2017'," a...
19 Mar, 2017, 10.52 PM IST
Pak Senate passes landmark Hindu marriage billThe Hindu Marriage Bill 2017 is the first elaborate Hindu community's personal law in Pakistan.
18 Feb, 2017, 12.03 PM IST
Pak's landmark Hindu marriage bill inches closer to enactmentThe bill to regulate marriages of minority Hindus in Pakistan moved closer to reality after a Senate committee approved the landmark draft ...
02 Jan, 2017, 07.01 PM IST
Pressurize Pakistan to drop annulment clause from Hindu Marriage Bill: Shiv SenaSena said Paki should be pressurized to drop a controversial clause in its Hindu Marriage Bill that calls for annulment of marriage if any ...
17 Feb, 2016, 01.56 PM IST
Sindh becomes first Pakistan province to adopt Hindu Marriage BillPakistan's Sindh Assembly passed the Hindu Marriage Bill making the province the first in the country to allow the minority community to re...
15 Feb, 2016, 07.04 PM IST
Remove annulment clause in Hindu Marriage Bill: Pak councilA leading Hindu group in Pakistan has demanded the government to remove a controversial clause in the draft Hindu Marriage Bill.
15 Feb, 2016, 03.57 PM IST
Pakistan approves Hindu Marriage Bill after decades of inactionCommittee Chairman Chaudhry Mahmood Bashir Virk expressed regret over the long-drawn tactical delay in framing family law for the Hindu com...
09 Feb, 2016, 02.07 PM IST
No Hindu marriage law in Pakistan creating multitude of issue: NewspaperThe editorial noted that this issue was highlighted by the chairman of the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Law and Justice.
29 Jan, 2016, 04.52 PM IST
'Forced conversion an issue in Pakistan's south Sindh province'A leading Pakistani Hindu group has expressed concern over the forced conversion and marriage of young Hindu girls to Muslim men in the cou...
16 Jul, 2015, 11.07 PM IST
Pakistan parliamentary panel fails to approve Hindu marriage lawHindus, who constitute 1.6 per cent of Pakistan's total population, have been struggling to get a specific marriage law since the country w...
06 Jul, 2015, 09.51 PM IST
Pakistan parliamentary panel to discuss Hindu marriage lawThe Hindus in Pakistan have been struggling to get a specific law since last 67 years to get their marriages legalised and registered.
06 Jul, 2015, 06.22 PM IST
No private members bill gets Parliament nod since 1970According to PRS Legislative Research, 343 private members bills were introduced but only 17 were discussed while only 14 of them were disc...
25 Apr, 2015, 11.22 AM IST
Pakistani Hindu lawmaker Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani demands law against forced conversionVankwani, who is also the patron of the Pakistan Hindu Council, was talking to media after briefing Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) in Is...
21 May, 2014, 08.49 PM IST
- Supreme Court asks Centre to make stand clear on Khap Panchayats
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to make its stand clear on a plea seeking action against the diktats of 'Khap Panchayts'.
09 Jul, 2013, 07.40 PM IST