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...

As some of the contesting counsel veered towards a consensus that under Section 16(3) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1956 a child born to a voi...

On the death of a government employee or pensioner, family pension will be paid to the widow or widower till he or she dies or remarries, w...

A bench of Justices Sanjay K Kaul and A S Oka gave this practical advice on Tuesday to senior citizens, who generally gift self-earned prop...

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...

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to the Delhi government and sought its stand on the petition by a ...

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...

The panel said while Hindu law recognised the marriage between a 16-year-old girl and an 18-year-old boy as valid but voidable, the Muslim ...

The proposal of the ministry, if approved, would amend the law that allows child marriages to continue, despite an October 2017 Supreme Cou...

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...

"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...

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

In a path-breaking proposal, the Law Commission has proposed reducing the minimum age of marriage for men from 21 to 18 years.

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