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Personal laws in India: How they govern marriage, divorce, and inheritance for different religionsIf you are confused by personal finance terms, jargon and calculations, here’s a series to simplify and deconstruct these for you. In the 1...- Constitution over tradition: Why ‘essential practices’ must not override individual rightsIndia's Supreme Court is embarking on an examination of religious traditions to determine their compliance with fundamental rights. Key cas...
- Can women be stripped of their religious identity after marrying outside their faith? Supreme Court to decide in inter-faith marriage caseThe Supreme Court of India will examine a constitutional challenge alleging gender discrimination in Parsi personal laws. A Parsi woman's p...
- Different children's succession rights can be different: Knowing their inheritance rights can prevent family fightsInheritance rights for children vary significantly based on their parents' marital status, legal standing, and religion. While biological c...
- This Mother’s Day, gift your mother awareness about her succession and inheritance rightsMany women are unaware of their inheritance rights, often losing rightful dues. On Mother's Day, it's crucial to inform mothers about their...
- Separation settlement: Raymond's Gautam Singhania and wife Nawaz Modi seek legal advice on alimony rightsWhile Singhania is a Hindu, Nawaz is a Parsi. Thus, their marriage was solemnised under provisions of the Special Marriage Act, 1954. Vijay...
- Inheritance rights of Hindu, Muslim, Christian women are not the sameThe awareness of one's rights and the courage to claim them are the only weapons that can help women in resisting any injustice that is met...
- AIMPLB moves SC opposing plea seeking uniform grounds of maintenance and alimonyThe AIMPLB opposed advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay's plea on the basis that personal laws cannot be tested on the anvil of A...
- SC agrees to examine plea for gender & religion neutral uniform law on adoption, guardianshipA bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde issued notices to union ministries of home affairs, law and justice and the women and child devel...
- PIL in Supreme Court seeks uniform grounds of divorce for all citizens"Court may direct the Law Commission to examine the laws of divorce & suggest 'Uniform Grounds of Divorce' for all citizens in spirit of Ar...
- Citizenship Amendment Act 2019: What it holds for IndiaAccording to the Bill, Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsi communities who have come from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh ...
- How various departments of the government responded to various queries on the Citizenship Amendment BillHere's what the Law ministry said on the exclusion of the term 'religious persecution' from the text of the Citizenship Amendment Bill. Who...
- No stay on 2018 Sabarimala verdictThe Supreme Court has refused to stay its 2018 ruling allowing women of all ages to enter the Sabarimala shrine but left it to a larger ben...
- Law panel unlikely to submit report on uniform civil codePersonal laws cover matters of property, marriage, divorce, inheritance and succession. Currently, there are personal laws for Hindus, Musl...
- Parsi woman contests Raj-era personal lawShe said the procedure under the 1938 personal law was exasperatingly cumbersome, involving a system akin to jury decision.
- Triple talaq case: Muslim judge on multi-faith bench kept mum all throughCJI J S Khehar and Justices Kurian Joseph, R F Nariman and U U Lalit freely engaged the counsel seeking clarifications on doubts.
- Supreme Court to revisit ruling on Parsi girls marrying non-ParsisThe same logic was once used by the Puri pandas to keep former PM Indira Gandhi out of the Puri temple although she was a Hindu by birth.
- Constitution of India now in UP madrassa course: UPMEBUP Madrassa Education Board announced the inclusion of Constitution of India in the syllabus of students in madrassas across the state.
- 5 things to know about inheritance laws without a willUnder the succession laws, the distribution of wealth may not take place as desired by the individual because personal laws define heirs an...
- Five Parsi trusts move court over civic authority’s notices on property taxThe outcome of the matter is likely to impact hundreds of Mumbai properties owned by charitable trusts and religious entities.
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