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  PIL against love marriages without parents' consent dismissed

  India | February 07, 2015 16:41 IST

  Madurai: Madras High Court today declined to entertain a PIL petition which sought to forbear officials from solemnising love marriages without the consent and presence of parents of the couples to check honour killings.The petition,

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  Chidambaram terms UP Panchayat diktats against women 'illegal'

  India | July 13, 2012 20:31 IST

  Baghpat (UP), Jul 13: In Taliban-style diktats, a panchayat has banned love marriages and barred women below 40 from going out for shopping and using mobile phones outside their homes, an action deprecated by the