Polygamy
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Assam Assembly passes bill to ban polygamy: All you need to know about it
Assam | Nov 27, 2025, 06:11 PM ISTAfter the passage of the bill, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said his government, if it returns to power after the assembly elections slated to be held in 2026, will table the uniform civil code (UCC).
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Assam cabinet approves Bill to ban polygamy, victims to get compensation, check details here
Assam | Nov 10, 2025, 06:39 AM ISTAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the state cabinet has approved a Bill to ban polygamy and the Bill will be called 'The Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025' which will be tabled in the assembly on November 25.
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Assam government to introduce bill in state assembly to ban polygamy
India | Sep 03, 2023, 09:42 AM ISTPolygamy in Assam: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday addressed a Bharatiya Janata Party ally parties meeting in Tinsukia and said to media that the state government, in the next 45 days, will finalize the Bill to ban polygamy in the state.
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US: '20 wives, including 10 minors'- Polygamous sect leader faces legal cases in Arizona
World | May 25, 2023, 11:28 PM ISTThe accused Samuel Rappylee Bateman travelled to several cities to have sex with the minor girls on a regular basis. He was also charged with the production of child pornography.
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Supreme Court refers fresh plea against polygamy, 'nikah halala' to constitution bench
India | Jul 23, 2018, 07:40 PM ISTThe 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 heard by the constitution bench.
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Supreme Court allows urgent listing of pleas against 'nikah-halala', polygamy
India | Jul 02, 2018, 11:51 AM ISTNikah-halala is a practice intended to curb the incidence of divorce under which a man cannot remarry his former wife without her having to go through the process of marrying someone else, consummating it, getting divorced and observing a separation period called 'Iddat' before coming back to him.
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Supreme Court seeks Centre's response on PILs against polygamy, nikah halala
India | Mar 26, 2018, 01:46 PM ISTA bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the submission that the previous five-judge constitution bench, in its 2017 verdict, had kept open the issue of polygamy and 'nikah halala' while quashing triple talaq.
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Triple talaq row: SC to announce landmark verdict today
India | Aug 22, 2017, 01:44 AM ISTThe apex court will decide the fate of the Islamic personal law practice of ‘triple talaq’ and whether it is violative of the fundamental and human rights of gender equality and dignity of Muslim women
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Can Muslim bride be given right to refuse triple talaq: SC asks AIMPLB
India | May 17, 2017, 02:00 PM ISTAIMPLB informed the Supreme Court that marriage in the Muslim community is a contract and it is open for women to insist on specific clauses in the nikahnama to protect their interests and dignity
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Polygamy, nikah halala also open for adjudication in future: SC
India | May 16, 2017, 07:48 AM ISTAfter repeatedly announcing that it would not test the validity of any issue other than triple tala, the Supreme Court on Monday clarified that it had not closed the window to scrutiny of two contentious issues: polygamy and nikah halala.
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Man needs to have sex when wife is unwell: Congress leader justifies polygamy in Islam
National | Oct 21, 2016, 03:47 PM ISTKarnataka Congress leader Ibrahim Kodijal has justified polygamy in Islam saying “it is necessary for a man to satisfy his sexual desires” and that it stops the husband from visiting sex workers when one of
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Quran misinterpreted by Muslim men to have more than one wife: Gujarat HC
India | Nov 06, 2015, 08:34 AM ISTAhmedabad: In a strongly-worded order, the Gujarat High Court has said the Quran, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God, was being misinterpreted by Muslim men to have more than one wife.The High
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Polygamy: Prevalent equally among disabled and rest of the population
Lifestyle | May 22, 2015, 05:21 PM ISTIf you thought that polygamy or more than one marriage is something prevalent only among fully-able people then you might be surprised to know the truth. As per a report in Times of India, it
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Revealed: Polygamy on the rise in India
India | Mar 03, 2015, 09:07 AM ISTNew Delhi: A recently released census data showed that there are about 6.6 million more wives than husbands, thanks to men who have migrated abroad for work leaving their wives behind. The data also stated
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Polygamy not integral part of Islam, rules Supreme Court
India | Feb 10, 2015, 11:08 AM ISTNew Delhi: Though the Islamic personal law allows Muslim men to have four wives, the Supreme Court, on Monday, said that a Muslim's fundamental right to profess Islam does not include practising polygamy.A bench of
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Karnataka woman disqualified for judge's post due to polygamy
India | Oct 17, 2013, 08:35 AM ISTBangalore: One can lose out on the opportunity to become a judge if one marries a man who already has a wife. Radharani Mahadev Kolambe, 33, had secured 41st rank among 232 candidates selected for
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Zuma To Take Fourth Wife
World | Apr 18, 2012, 09:39 AM ISTJohannesburg, Apr 15: South African President Jacob Zuma will marry his fourth wife next weekend, his spokesman confirmed on Sunday.Mr. Zuma will tie the knot at his family homestead in Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal province, said