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IIM graduate’s family demands Rs 7 crore in wedding expenses from bride’s parents: ‘Go look at yourself in the mirror…’After claiming that the family of an IIM graduate demanded a sizable sum of money from the relatives of a potential bride as a condition of...- Only registered 'qazis' can solemnise marriage under new nikahnama in UttarakhandThe Uttarakhand Waqf Board is drafting a new nikahnama aligned with the Uniform Civil Code. This new contract will authorize only registere...
- Husband wanted wife to stay home with his parents; her decision to pursue career despite his disapproval is not cruelty, rules Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has ruled that a wife's career choice is not cruelty. A woman's decision to open her own dental clinic was opposed by her...
- SC seeks data on criminal cases over instant talaqThe Supreme Court has requested data on criminal cases filed under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, which cri...
- Same sex marriage verdict: Supreme Court empathises but falls shortIndia+ has come a long way since a scornful verdict designed to drive people back into the closet. The Supreme Court on Tuesday, for all it...
- Talaq-e-Hasan: Why this Muslim divorce practice is in newsThe Supreme court recently heard a plea against Talaq-e-Hasan. The plea terms Talaq-e-Hasan as regressing, unconstitutional and in violatio...
- Delhi HC seeks Centre's stand on PIL to declare bigamy, polygamy by Muslim husband unconstitutionalA bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla directed the respondents to file their response and issued notice on ...
- RSS affiliate to launch nationwide campaign for raising Muslim women's marriageable agePitching for reforms in the Sharia law for giving equal rights to women of the minority community, the outfit's campaign will also seek to ...
- Marriages (Amendment) Bill: New Rajasthan law triggers political storm, activists blame govt for bowing to caste groupsThe Gehlot government has put forward a four-page clarification saying the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill ...
- Telangana’s school textbook writers don’t know how babies are bornGiven the extent to which medical science has evolved, there is no unanswered mystery behind how babies are born. Even an internet-savvy te...
- Centre to oppose polygamy, Nikaah Halala at Supreme Court hearingNikaah halala makes it mandatory for a divorced Muslim woman to marry another man, consummate the marriage and divorce him should she wish ...
- Hadiya case: CPI(M)'s Brinda Karat attacks NIA'The NIA is on a fishing expedition having already interrogated 89 such couples in Kerala," Karat said in the latest issue of party organ '...
- Why the government must now hasten to enact a Uniform Civil CodeThere are myriad castes and sub-castes with their own beliefs and systems for marriage and remarriage, which is different for men and women.
- Supreme Court bars Triple Talaq for six months. Here's a 11-point primerSome Muslim groups see the Triple Talaq issue as a matter of religious right while others, including the Centre, term it unconstitutional.
- Uttar Pradesh government to take views of Muslim women on triple talaq issueA two-day meeting of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) scheduled here from April 15 will also be discussing the issue of tri...
- AIMPLB to discuss Adyodhya dispute, triple talaq"The matter of Babri mosque is very crucial and discussion will be held whether there can be any way for talks for its settlement," the Mau...
- Triple talaq "cruel" and "most demeaning", says Allahabad High CourtHowever, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has opposed the Centre's move against the triple talaq.
- Don't let Uniform Civil Code row hijack triple talaq reformThe Law Commission, whose role is purely advisory , has begun consultations on a theme that finds mention in the Directive Principles of th...
- Leaders must not curry favour with retrograde traditionIt is time some politician sought political capital in espousing link between globalised growth & emancipation from oppressive tradition.
- Virtually condoning gender crimesCrimes against women are rife in the country.
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