'Marriage registration is not enough if...': Gujarat HC says weddings are not merely for 'song and dance'The Gujarat High Court has declared that Hindu marriages require sacred rituals like 'saptapadi' to be valid, not just registration. A UK-b...
01 Jul, 2026, 09.12 AM IST
Father's passion for archery, mother selling 'Mangalsutra': Dhiraj Bommadevara's journey to double gold in WCDhiraj Bommadevara secured two gold medals at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Antalya. He defeated South Korea in both the recurve mixed t...
14 Jun, 2026, 11.26 PM IST
Why some divorce grounds apply only to wives: Supreme Court rejects a man's plea challenging the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging a provision of the Hindu Marriage Act that allows on...
11 May, 2026, 05.38 PM IST
Accused concealed prior marriage, put pressure to convert, claims complainant in TCS caseA victim in the TCS Nashik case has told police that an accused sexually assaulted her in 2022, concealed his marriage and later harassed h...
18 Apr, 2026, 09.07 PM IST
'When a woman marries, her Gotra changes': Supreme Court weighs in on inheritance disputeThe Supreme Court is examining inheritance rights under the Hindu Succession Act, specifically concerning childless widows. Justice Nagarat...
25 Sep, 2025, 07.51 AM IST
'Love Jihad' vs 'Green Card' NuptialsDoes the worry of 'love jihad' suppose that (Hindu) women lack agency? Or, that they are, despite depictions of the fiesty Kangana Ranaut i...
12 Oct, 2021, 11.34 PM IST
Are you a Hindu woman with money of your own? Here's why you should leave a WillThe best part about making a Will is that only the woman gets to choose who will enjoy the benefit of her assets after her demise. Even mor...
10 Oct, 2021, 01.37 PM IST
Legal rights of husband over property of Hindu wife who dies without willAs per Hindu Succession Act, 1956, there is a scenario where the husband of a Hindu woman who has died intestate will not be the legal heir...
03 Jul, 2021, 09.51 AM IST
Money & Relationships: What are woman’s rights in a live-in arrangement?It is important for a woman to know her financial rights whether in a marriage or in a live-in relationship to avoid the shorter end of the...
03 Dec, 2019, 11.24 AM IST
Who has the right over a woman’s property after she dies?Section 14 of Hindu Succession Act describes what constitutes a woman’s property, owned and acquired by her. It does not distinguish betwee...
29 Jul, 2019, 10.41 AM IST
Court refuses to annul Karnataka woman’s marriageA three-judge bench, led by CJI Dipak Misra, referred to the recent Hadiya judgement to express its inability to annul her marriage
12 Apr, 2018, 09.06 AM IST
Kerala 'love jihad' case: The day choice was killedMy own outrage flows from my family history. My mother, a devout Hindu, ended her days as a sannyasin at the Sivanand Ashram in Rishikesh.
05 Dec, 2017, 11.04 PM IST
SC refers to Const bench plea over conversion of Parsi womanA bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said that it will have to consider whether the five-judge bench judgement in the triple talaq m...
09 Oct, 2017, 11.59 AM IST
Case study: Can a woman claim her rights to ancestral property after changing religion?The woman's father died in 2010, leaving behind three legal heirs — the woman and her two brothers. Their mother had passed away earlier.
07 Jun, 2017, 12.12 PM IST
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.
29 Aug, 2016, 03.22 AM IST
Hindu woman, Christian man's marriage not valid if either does not convert: HCMarriage between a Hindu woman and a Christian man is not legally valid if either of them does not convert, the Madras High Court today hel...
19 Nov, 2015, 03.01 PM IST
Azam Khan advises Shahnawaz and Naqvi to marry Muslim womenHe was responding to a question about BJP leaders Shahnawaz Khan and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, who have married Hindu women.
05 Mar, 2015, 04.52 PM IST