Hindu Marriage Act
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Supreme Court says Hindu marriage not valid unless performed with essential ceremonies | DETAILS
India | May 02, 2024 10:59 ISTThe judgement came during a case involving two commercial pilots seeking a divorce without a valid ceremony. The court condemned the practice of informal unions, stressing the importance of legal procedures to establish a marital bond.
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What is Hindu Marriage Act and its relevance: Details here
Explainers | May 02, 2024 11:53 ISTThe law was inspired by the fraud case and the humiliation endured by people in the name of marriage. As a result, the act binds everyone Hindu, Jain, Sikh, or Buddhist and has no bearing on Muslims, Christians, Parsis, or Jews.
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Karnataka High Court allows 'marriage' of bride aged below 18
India | January 25, 2023 17:14 ISTA lower court had declared a marriage void under Section 11 of the Act but the High Court pointed out that this section does not include the condition of the bride being 18.
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Goan Civil Code a shining example of Indian democracy
India | September 15, 2019 20:49 ISTThere questions were whether said to be a foreign law will be applicable in Indian context, and secondly, whether the property of a Goan domicile outside the territory of Goa would be governed by the civil code or by Indian Succession Act or by personal laws, as applicable in the rest of the country.
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Bride, under Hindu Marriage Act, does not refer to just women: HC
India | April 23, 2019 17:57 ISTIn a landmark judgment for India's LGBTQ community, the Madras High Court has held that marriage between a man and a transwoman was valid under the Hindu Marriage Act as the term 'bride' would not necessarily refer only to a woman.
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SC refuses to entertain plea against provisions on restitution of conjugal rights
India | October 04, 2018 20:26 ISTThe woman, an engineering graduate working in a multinational IT major, had moved the top court challenging the constitutional validity of provision of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955, after her estranged husband had filed a suit for restitution of conjugal rights.
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Forced marriage: SC orders Karnataka police to grant protection to woman married off without consent
India | May 08, 2018 10:57 ISTThe woman, an engineer by profession, alleged that she was forced to discontinue her studies in January this year as her parents forced her to marry against her wishes.
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Sarv khap demands ban on same gotra marriages
India | December 22, 2014 14:01 ISTMuzaffarnagar: A khap committee meeting held in Shamli has demanded an amendment to the Hindu Marriage Act to ban marriages within the same gotra.The president of the sarv khap committee Omprakash Malik said that the
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Irretrievable breakdown of marriage 'debatable' ground for divorce: SC
India | November 23, 2014 6:44 ISTNew Delhi: With the government set to reintroduce the marriage laws amendment bill in the Lok Sabha to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act to make irretrievable breakdown of marriage a
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