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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...- India’s envoy to Cuba ends up with two wives; Supreme Court steps in to find a way outIndia's ambassador to Cuba, Thongkomang Armstrong Changsan, faces legal complications due to having two wives. He initially married Neikhol...
- Matrimonial Dispute: Husband loses job after wife wins case; Know how this impacts private and government employeesThe Madras High Court upheld the dismissal of a government employee due to a matrimonial dispute, classifying it as misconduct under Tamil ...
- Financial challenges for live-in couples: How to resolve the money issues and secure your financesInheritance rights, joint tax benefits and health insurance coverage can be tricky, while long-term financial planning for goals like retir...
- HC refuses to entertain plea challenging assumed absolute discretion of Muslim husband to give divorce to wifeThe Delhi High Court has rejected two petitions challenging the Muslim husband's authority to pronounce divorce (talaq-ul-sunnat) without r...
- Assam govt to form committee to investigate whether state govt has authority to prohibit polygamyThe state government stated that the committee will engage in extensive discussions with all stakeholders, including legal experts, to arri...
- SC to set up fresh 5-judge bench to hear pleas challenging polygamy and 'nikah halala' among MuslimsWhile polygamy allows a Muslim man to have four wives, 'nikah halala' is a process under which a divorced Muslim woman has to first marry a...
- UP Bill on '2-child norm' proposes cash benefits for 1-child couplesThe bill has added a new disincentive for those who will breach the two-child norm — they will be made ineligible for being nominated or ap...
- Centre yet to clear stand on polygamy, nikaah halala in Supreme CourtAnother petitioner Nafisa Khan wants the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939, to be declared unconstitutional and violative of Articl...
- SC ruling on section 377: Disagree with reasoning that sexuality is part of free speech, says Arun JaitleyHe also differed on a portion of the apex court ruling on adultery, saying it may end up converting the Indian family system into a Western...
- Supreme Court refers fresh plea against polygamy, 'nikah halala' to constitution benchThe apex court issued notice to the Centre on the petition filed by one Farjana and tagged the matter along with a batch of petitions to be...
- Supreme Court agrees for urgent listing of pleas against 'nikah-halala', polygamyA bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the submissions of senior advocate ...
- Congress obstructing justice by attempting to derail Triple Talaq Bill: M J AkbarTriple talaq will be criminalised, that doesn’t mean divorce has been banned. There is a procedure mentioned in the holy book, says M J Akb...
- SC to study validity of adultery laws that punish only menIf SC decides to make adultery laws gender-neutral, it could affect provisions on bigamy, dowry and rape in the IPC and Domestic Violence A...
- Divorce granted by church court can't override law: Supreme CourtThe Centre, however, had opposed the plea saying Canon law cannot be allowed to override Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 and Divorce Ac...
- Law Ministry used Shah Bano case to justify itself before PMOThis was a part of the detailed three-page note that the law ministry had submitted to the PMO on July 1, the day when it first became publ...
- Supreme Court asks Centre to file committee report on personal lawsA bench comprising Chief justice TS Thakur and Justice UU Lalit asked Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, ...
- Basic structure can't be dismantled to protect only judiciary independence: Arun JaitleyFinance Minister Arun Jaitley today said doctrine of basic structure, including elected government and parliament's sovereignty, cannot be ...
- Assaulting government servant minor offence: Goa Deputy CM Francis D'SouzaSpeaking to reporters at the state secretariat, D'Souza called the controversial cabinet decision a "sign of prison reforms".
- Religous influence on social issues a concern for secular socitey, says Supreme CourtExpressing concern over growing influence of religion on social issues, the SC wondered how long India would remain a secular country but b...
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