SC certificates of anyone other than Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs will be cancelled: Devendra FadnavisMaharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced that fraudulently obtained Scheduled Caste certificates by individuals not belonging...
17 Jul, 2025, 11.27 PM IST
“I’m now India’s daughter-in-law”: Seema Haider pleads to stay amid visa ban for PakistanisSeema Haider, who crossed into India illegally from Pakistan in 2023 to marry her Indian partner, faces possible deportation after India su...
26 Apr, 2025, 12.31 PM IST
Will Seema Haider have to leave India as Modi govt gives 48-hour ultimatum to Pakistani nationals after Pahalgam attack?Following a terror attack in Jammu & Kashmir, India has banned Pakistani nationals under SAARC visas, raising questions about Seema Haider,...
24 Apr, 2025, 03.10 PM IST
Buddhism separate religion; Hindus must seek permission to convert: Gujarat govt circularThe circular, dated April 8, said that the law and the rules under it are being arbitrarily interpreted across district magistrate offices ...
13 Apr, 2024, 09.25 AM IST
Uttarakhand's UCC changes inheritance laws: Who is covered and how will it impact individuals living in other parts of India?Uttarakhand UCC Law: Uttarakhand became the first state in the country to pass the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). The UCC will make the uniform ...
22 Feb, 2024, 11.57 AM IST
UCC panel studied reforms in Muslim-majority nationsThe Uttarakhand committee on Uniform Civil Code conducted an extensive examination of several nations, including those with Muslim-majority...
08 Feb, 2024, 11.23 AM IST
Legal cover to same-sex marriage will shake India's cultural roots, RSS body writes to SCLegalising same-sex marriage will defeat the very objective of the Hindu Marriage Act and depict how liberal thoughts of other religions an...
10 May, 2023, 05.13 PM IST
RSS body survey on same-sex marriage: Dangerous and misleading, say LGBTQ activistsLGBTQ rights activists have criticised a survey on same-sex marriage commissioned by Samwardhini Nyas, an affiliate of the Rashtra Sevika S...
07 May, 2023, 05.59 PM IST
View: Do Vedas permit a man to marry a man?Hindu laws were reformed to stop polygamy and sati. Surely they can be reformed to include same-sex marriage.
30 Nov, 2021, 10.44 AM IST
The three lawyers who resolved India's largest bankruptcy case now have their sights set on a new, bigger targetRuby Ahuja, Misha and Shally Bhasin represent a visible change in India’s legal landscape but they are also reminders of how much more need...
07 Oct, 2020, 10.58 AM IST
Why the Sabarimala verdict is an act of social engineeringTraditional Hindu laws have yielded way to gender equality in matters of inheritance and society has accepted it without fuss.
07 Oct, 2018, 10.24 AM IST
Woman says she prefers to stay with parents not husband, SC permits itSiddhiqui, who reportedly took the name Aryan Arya after converting to Hinduism, married 23-year old Jain in February this year. Both Siddh...
28 Aug, 2018, 01.29 PM IST
How India's Hindu 'majority' is an outcome of Independence and constitutional processJust as Hindus had to be disciplined before they could become a “majority“, so also were Christians in the Western world.
25 Feb, 2017, 12.15 PM IST
The horrifying trend of caste violence in Gujarat's rural areasAcross villages in the state, the dalit community finds it difficult to enter temples or participate in the traditional Garba dance during ...
23 Jul, 2016, 01.38 AM IST
Consensus must for implementing uniform civil code: KarunanidhiKarunanidhi said veteran RSS leader Guru Golwalkar had reportedly argued against implementing such a code. "The BJP rulers at the Centre sh...
04 Jul, 2016, 08.56 PM 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
Identity paradox: Wives below 18 years of age can have sex, not teensProhibition of Child Marriage Act does not invalidate marriage of women below 18, the age of consent does not apply to an underage wife, un...
11 Jul, 2015, 11.17 AM IST