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...
Cook, plumber, painter, stock trader: Unusual 'career path' of oldest Lashkar terroristA major Lashkar-e-Taiba module has been busted in Srinagar. The operation led to the arrest of five individuals, including a Pakistani nati...
From fake PAN cards to forged passports: Jammu and Kashmir Police unravels LeT's pan-India logistical webJammu and Kashmir Police, with central agencies, detained individuals from Haryana and Rajasthan for facilitating fake identities for Lashk...
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...
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...
Weddings solemnised in front of closed Tamil Nadu temple on lockdown dayAs many as 91 weddings were solemnised by priests on roads in front of the popular temple in this northern coastal district on Sunday, temp...
Assam government will give financial assistance under an inter-caste marriage schemeThe beneficiary may undertake a business or income generation venture. Under the inter-caste marriage scheme, Rs 10,000 to Rs 5 lakh would ...
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...
The compulsions of conjugal dharmaAll bandhans —of convenience or otherwise, be they coalitional or connubial — can be a cause of inconvenience to others.
Couple ties knot on board train, wedding solemnised by Sri SriPharmacist Sachin Kumar and tax department employee Jyotsna Singh Patel were wedded somewhere between Gorakhpur and Lucknow in Uttar Prades...
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...
PIL against love marriages without parents' consent dismissedJustice Kishan Kaul and Justice S. Tamilvanan ruled out the possibility of issuing such a direction, saying it would amount to the court ma...