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"An Indian and a Pakistani" are the most important people in my life: Vance's joke after Iran talks goes viralUS Vice President JD Vance humorously highlighted his connections to India and Pakistan, referring to his Indian wife, Usha Vance, and Paki...
Delhi HC refuses to waive 30-day notice period under Special Marriage Act, says courts cannot override statutory mandateThe Delhi High Court has refused to relax the mandatory 30-day waiting period prescribed under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, for a couple...
'Knot suitable': Digital checks save Rs 427 crore in UP's mass marriage schemeUttar Pradesh's mass marriage scheme is using technology to prevent fraud. Online applications and digital verification are identifying ine...
Viral Kumbh mela girl Monalisa appears to be an adult: Kerala High Court, husband gets one-month reliefThe Kerala High Court granted transit bail to Mohd Farman, husband of the viral Kumbh Mela girl, for one month to seek anticipatory bail in...
Assam passes Uniform Civil Code bill amid Opposition protestsAssam has passed the Uniform Civil Code Bill. This new law establishes a common legal framework for marriage, divorce, succession, and live...
Husband claimed wife wasn't doing household work; HC orders him to pay Rs 20,000/month as wives not ‘deemed maids’The husband, a Chartered Accountant (CA) by profession, had in 2004 filed for a divorce on the ground of cruelty, claiming that “wife was n...
Second marriage & dowry harassment: SC quashes FIR against in-laws, keeps 498A case against husbandThe Supreme Court quashed FIRs against a husband's in-laws and sister in a dowry harassment case. While the wife alleged they were aware of...
If conversion illegal, marriage invalid, rules Allahabad HCThe Allahabad High Court ruled that a marriage based on an illegal religious conversion is automatically invalid. The court found Jainab Pa...
SC asks states, UTs to notify rules for registration of 'Anand Karaj' marriageThe Supreme Court has mandated states and union territories to establish rules for registering Sikh marriages under the Anand Karaj Act wit...
Uttarakhand govt notifies Uniform Civil Code, sets rules for marriage registrationUttarakhand becomes the first Indian state to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), which standardizes personal laws related to marriage,...
Village heads to be held accountable if child marriages solemnised in Rajasthan: HCThe Rajasthan High Court has directed the state government to prevent child marriages in the state, stating that village heads and panchaya...
Uttarakhand House may pass Uniform Civil Code Bill on WednesdayThe Uniform Civil Code Bill, which aims to govern and regulate laws relating to marriage, divorce, succession, and live-in relationships, w...
Anand Marriage Act, which gives statutory recognition to Sikh marriage rituals, implemented in J-KThe emergence of the Anand Marriage Act dates back to 1909 when the British Imperial Legislative Council passed a legislation for the recog...
Weddings under Special Marriage Act can be registered without bride, groom's physical presence: Kerala High CourtThe court was hearing a batch of pleas referred to a larger bench by a single judge to deal with the issue of whether a wedding under SMA c...
Gujarat HC stays some sections related to interfaith marriages of new anti-conversion lawA division bench comprising Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Biren Vaishnav said the interim order has been passed to protect people f...
Mandatory publication of notice under Special Marriages Act invasive of right to liberty and privacy: Allahabad HCCurrently, under section 5 of the Special Marriages Act, a notice in writing has to be given to a Marriage Officer of the district who then...
No more extravagant weddings? Bill in Lok Sabha seeks cap on guestsThe Bill says that after this proposed legislation comes into force, all marriages shall be registered within 60 days of the solemnisation.
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...
Registering marriage ensures financial protection for womenAn essential document establishing the marital status of a couple, it was made mandatory by the Supreme Court, in 2006, for every couple.
Tatkal marriage registration set to be 90% cheaper in DelhiAs per existing fee structure, one has to shell out Rs 10,000 to get marriage registration certificate within 24 hours, using tatkal servic...