Maharashtra's Freedom of Religion Bill 2026 proposes up to seven years imprisonment and hefty fines for unlawful religious conversions. The...

The Kerala High Court ruled a wife's second marriage isn't automatically void if her first divorce decree was issued later on the same day....

Valid Hindu Marriage as per laws: The Supreme Court in a recent order said that a Hindu marriage is considered valid if it meets the criter...

The bench, however, clarified that children born out of void/voidable marriages will not have any rights on the property of any other perso...

In a void marriage, no decree of nullity is required to annul the marriage. While, in a voidable marriage decree of nullity is required. Th...

The Indian Supreme Court has deferred ruling on whether non-marital children are entitled to a share of their parents' ancestral property u...

While setting aside the single judge order, the division bench noted, "We add that no child is born in this world without a father and a mo...

The Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Ordinance, 2020, provides for ten years in jail in some cases. It has several provisions that are si...

The proposal has been in the works for many months now with the first indications of it making it to Cabinet coming in July when the monsoo...

Sources in the ministry said while the existing law — Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 — recognises child marriage as valid but “voi...

The observations came while the apex court was hearing a plea filed by one Nandakumar against a Kerala High Court order annulling his marri...

The top court said it is obvious that while making amendments to various laws, some laws are "forgotten" and consequential amendments are n...

A child born out of such an encounter may not have any rights over the father’s property, if there is no marriage, the court said.

"On the advice of PM Nawaz Sharif, the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has assented to the 'The Hindu Marriage Bill 2017'," a...

43-year-old Noel Biderman is happily married, but is the creator of the world’s largest marketplace for cheaters.

The child of a government servant born out of wedlock will henceforth be entitled to claim a share of its father's family pension.

Suggesting radical changes, the Law Commission has proposed reducing the minimum age of marriage for men from 21 to 18 years and declaring ...