Pakistan's Parsi community dwindles as young migrateFrom a gated community for her Zoroastrian faith in Pakistan's megacity Karachi, 22-year-old Elisha Amra has waved goodbye to many friends ...
27 Mar, 2025, 10.12 AM IST
Prohibition of Child Marriage Act applies to all Indian citizens irrespective of religion: Kerala HCThe Kerala High Court has ruled that the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 is applicable to every Indian citizen, regardless of their...
28 Jul, 2024, 05.36 PM IST
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...
27 Nov, 2023, 11.56 AM IST
Parliament panel that will examine bill to raise legal age of marriage has one woman member out of 31The bill, piloted by the Women and Child Development Ministry, seeks to increase the legal age of marriage from 18 to 21.
02 Jan, 2022, 05.28 PM IST
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...
14 Feb, 2021, 04.56 PM IST
SC seeks Centre's reply on plea for transfer of PILs on uniform marriage age from Delhi, Rajasthan High CourtsThe Delhi High Court had in August, 2019 issued notice to the Centre and the Law Commission of India on BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Upadh...
02 Feb, 2021, 01.37 PM IST
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...
16 Aug, 2020, 02.11 PM IST
Money & Relationships: When can a woman claim maintenance from a man?Here are the laws and circumstances under which a woman can claim money for herself and her children whether she is separated or divorced. ...
30 Dec, 2019, 06.30 AM IST
Women should get equal share in property acquired after marriage upon divorce: Law panelInstead of a full-fledged report on a uniform civil code, the law panel preferred a consultation paper as it had little time at hand to bri...
31 Aug, 2018, 05.25 PM IST
Bill to halve Christian couples' cooling off period misses Parliament dateThe Law Ministry's Legislative Department had sought the states' views on the issue as the amendment related to the personal law. Twenty fo...
08 Apr, 2018, 01.10 PM IST
Parsi women married to non-Parsis can visit its places of worship: Supreme CourtThe court had at the last hearing of the case prevailed upon a Mumbai Parsi trust to allow the two sisters to take part in their father’s l...
15 Dec, 2017, 12.58 AM IST
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.
17 Nov, 2017, 11.11 AM 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
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
Centre to amend law to reduce separation period for Christian couplesThe government plans to amend a law to reduce the separation period for Christian couples seeking to file for divorce by mutual consent.
03 Apr, 2016, 12.39 PM IST
Sam Balsara to daughter Lara: Embrace motherhood at the earliestAs daughter Lara readies for her wedding, Sam Balsara roots for early marriage and kids in the 'Jiyo Parsi' project.
20 Nov, 2014, 12.11 PM IST
No appeasement, it's their rights: Minorities Affairs Minister K Rahman Khan on minority schemesK Rahman Khan today hit out at the BJP for accusing the government of "appeasing" Muslims through schemes and said it is their "rights".
23 Sep, 2013, 10.26 PM IST