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Assam govt tables bill to abolish Muslim marriages, divorce actThe statement of objectives of the repealing bill states, "There remains a scope of registering marriages of persons below 21 years (in cas...
Nothing religious about UCC; not bringing it through back door: Himanta Biswa SarmaSarma said, “In UCC there are no customs, precedents. UCC does not deal with ways of worship and is not connected to one’s faith. There is ...
Assam speeds up UCC work, to repeal act on Muslim MarriageAssam chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma stated in X, "On 23.2. 2024, the Assam cabinet made a significant decision to repeal the age-old ...
Pakistan court summons former PM Imran Khan, wife Bushra Bibi in illegal marriage casePetitioner Muhammad Hanif had claimed that Bushra Bibi was divorced by her former husband in November 2017 and married Khan in January 2018...
Muslim marriage is a contract and not sacrament unlike a Hindu marriageThe family court ordered that the plaintiff is entitled to monthly maintenance at the rate of Rs 3,000 from the date of the suit till the d...
Assam government to link some government schemes to two-child normsChief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said, “While Uttar Pradesh has taken a legislation route to bring in population control mea...
A few exceptions of ‘forced conversion’ cannot be seen as norm: Former Kerala top cop who probed 'love jihad’Among the 100-odd cases of interfaith marriages that he and his team had verified on the directive of the Kerala High Court in October 2009...
Interfaith couples uneasy as 'love jihad' storm rages, gathers forceTheir challenges increase as the chorus gets louder with politicians and others speaking out and several states declaring their intention t...
India hits back at Imran Khan for criticising Citizens (Amendment) BillExternal Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the persecution of the religious minorities in Pakistan flows from the country's ...
Citizenship amendment, triple talaq bills lapseThe two bills could not be passed by Rajya Sabha in the Budget session, the last Parliament session of the outgoing government.
ET View: Instant triple talaq needed teeth, & gets themInstantaneous triple talaq, either orally or in written form, is a serious blot that is not only anti-woman, but also anti-Muslim.
Triple talaq bill to be tabled in Rajya Sabha tomorrowThe Bill has already been passed in the Lok Sabha but is expected stalled in the Upper House of the Parliament, where the govt lacks a majo...
One nation one code- will the UCC make Indian families fairer?Extra-judicial divorce remains more readily available to Muslim men than to Muslim women, who access it mainly through khula, which require...
Is a common civil code a good idea?A Supreme Court bench, hearing a case on a Hindu woman's petition on inheritance, was recently stirred into ordering an examination of prac...
- Ground for divorce in Bihar
It's definitely a marriage gone sour: one partner says the junior is fine, but he just cannot tolerate the significant other in the relatio...
- Probe into Maharashtra's Muslim boy-Hindu girl marriages
Maharashtra’s criminal investigation department (CID) meant to probe high-profile cases will now investigate love affairs that have resulte...
- Oust Taslima, retain Shariat: Muslim law board tells govt
Muslim clerics on Sunday demanded the ouster of controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen from India and called for preservation of ...