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No One Can Restrain Adults From Marrying As Per Their Will: High Court
The Allahabad High Court has quashed a kidnapping case against a man registered on the complaint of his wife's uncle after the couple eloped and said the judicial magistrate was wrong in sending the adult petitioner back to her parental home even
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Scared Of Being Alone In A Health Emergency, Woman Legally Adopts Friend
With one of the world's lowest birthrates and plummeting marriage rates, more and more people in South Korea live -- and will die -- alone.
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Court Gives Interfaith Couples Temporary Relief From Madhya Pradesh Law
In an interim order, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to not prosecute under section 10 of the MP Freedom of Religion Act those adults who solemnise their marriage on their own volition.
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"No Third Person Can Interfere In Lives Of Adults Living Together As Husband And Wife": High Court
"I am of the considered view that the state is under a constitutional obligation to protect its citizens, especially in cases where the marriage is solemnized between two consenting adults irrespective of the caste or community," the court said.
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"Right To Live On Her Terms": High Court Reunites UP Interfaith Couple
The Allahabad High Court has ruled in favour of an interfaith couple, underlining that the woman is an adult who "wants to live with her husband", had the "right to live life on her terms (and) is free to move as per her choice without any restriction..."
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Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Reply On Plea Challenging Special Marriage Law
The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre on a plea which has challenged validity of some provisions of the Special Marriage Act which require two adults to put personal details in public domain for scrutiny before their wedding and they might have a "chilling effect" on the fundamental right to marry and privacy.
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Assam To Give 10 gm Of Gold To Every 10th Pass Bride
The Assam government on Wednesday announced that it will gift 10 grams of gold to every adult bride, if she has studied at least up to class 10 and her marriage is registered.
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Let 18 Years Be Recognised As Legal Age For Marriage For Men Too: Law Panel
The Law Commission today suggested that 18 years should be the minimum legal age for men and women alike to get married, saying the insistence on recognising different ages of marriage between consenting adults must be abolished.
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Woman, 20, Free To Live With 'Underage' Husband, Rules Supreme Court
An adult couple can be in a live-in relationship even if the man isn't 21 years, the legal age for marriage, the Supreme Court has ruled, telling 20-year-old Thushara that she was free to decide who she wanted to live with.
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Khap Panchayat Verdict: A Look At Supreme Court Guidelines To Prevent Honour Killing
Khap panchayats, the self-appointed village courts, cannot stop a marriage between two consenting adults, said the Supreme Court in a landmark ruling today. The top court laid down a set of guidelines meant to stop interference by khap panchayats that wield enormous influence in villages of several states and are often seen responsible for the grow...
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"Khap Panchayats" Stopping Marriages Is Illegal, Top Court Issues Rules
Self appointed village courts like khap panchayats cannot stop a marriage between two adults, said the Supreme Court, which is hearing a plea to rein-in the self-appointed bodies that wield enormous influence in villages of several states, and are often seen as responsible for the growing frequency of honour killings.
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Supreme Court: Was Kerala High Court Justified In Annulling Hadiya's Marriage?
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked if a roving inquiry could be ordered into the "issue of consent" between two adults who married at will and if the Kerala High Court order annulling the marriage of Hadiya, an alleged victim of 'love jihad', was justified. The questions, from a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D ...
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Hadiya Adult, Can't Question Her Marriage, Says Supreme Court
Hearing the case of Hadiya, the Kerala woman whose marriage with a Muslim man, Shafin Jahan, was annulled by the high court last year, the Supreme Court said today that her marital status cannot be probed.
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Attacks By Khap Panchayats Over Inter-Caste Marriage "Absolutely Illegal": Supreme Court
No khap, panchayat or society can question an adult man and woman who get married, the Supreme Court said today. Such interference, especially in case of inter-caste marriage, is "absolutely illegal", the court said.
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Bring Hadiya Here: Supreme Court To Father In Kerala 'Love Jihad' Case
Hadiya is 24 years old and her consent as an adult is "prime", said the Supreme Court today as it examined the landmark "love jihad" case that is centred on a young woman's marriage to a Muslim man in Kerala and has become the subject of an investigation by the country's top counter-terror agency. Hadiya must be presented in court on November 27 by...
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No One Can Restrain Adults From Marrying As Per Their Will: High Court
The Allahabad High Court has quashed a kidnapping case against a man registered on the complaint of his wife's uncle after the couple eloped and said the judicial magistrate was wrong in sending the adult petitioner back to her parental home even
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Scared Of Being Alone In A Health Emergency, Woman Legally Adopts Friend
With one of the world's lowest birthrates and plummeting marriage rates, more and more people in South Korea live -- and will die -- alone.
-
Court Gives Interfaith Couples Temporary Relief From Madhya Pradesh Law
In an interim order, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to not prosecute under section 10 of the MP Freedom of Religion Act those adults who solemnise their marriage on their own volition.
-
"No Third Person Can Interfere In Lives Of Adults Living Together As Husband And Wife": High Court
"I am of the considered view that the state is under a constitutional obligation to protect its citizens, especially in cases where the marriage is solemnized between two consenting adults irrespective of the caste or community," the court said.
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"Right To Live On Her Terms": High Court Reunites UP Interfaith Couple
The Allahabad High Court has ruled in favour of an interfaith couple, underlining that the woman is an adult who "wants to live with her husband", had the "right to live life on her terms (and) is free to move as per her choice without any restriction..."
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Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Reply On Plea Challenging Special Marriage Law
The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre on a plea which has challenged validity of some provisions of the Special Marriage Act which require two adults to put personal details in public domain for scrutiny before their wedding and they might have a "chilling effect" on the fundamental right to marry and privacy.
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Assam To Give 10 gm Of Gold To Every 10th Pass Bride
The Assam government on Wednesday announced that it will gift 10 grams of gold to every adult bride, if she has studied at least up to class 10 and her marriage is registered.
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Let 18 Years Be Recognised As Legal Age For Marriage For Men Too: Law Panel
The Law Commission today suggested that 18 years should be the minimum legal age for men and women alike to get married, saying the insistence on recognising different ages of marriage between consenting adults must be abolished.
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Woman, 20, Free To Live With 'Underage' Husband, Rules Supreme Court
An adult couple can be in a live-in relationship even if the man isn't 21 years, the legal age for marriage, the Supreme Court has ruled, telling 20-year-old Thushara that she was free to decide who she wanted to live with.
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Khap Panchayat Verdict: A Look At Supreme Court Guidelines To Prevent Honour Killing
Khap panchayats, the self-appointed village courts, cannot stop a marriage between two consenting adults, said the Supreme Court in a landmark ruling today. The top court laid down a set of guidelines meant to stop interference by khap panchayats that wield enormous influence in villages of several states and are often seen responsible for the grow...
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"Khap Panchayats" Stopping Marriages Is Illegal, Top Court Issues Rules
Self appointed village courts like khap panchayats cannot stop a marriage between two adults, said the Supreme Court, which is hearing a plea to rein-in the self-appointed bodies that wield enormous influence in villages of several states, and are often seen as responsible for the growing frequency of honour killings.
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Supreme Court: Was Kerala High Court Justified In Annulling Hadiya's Marriage?
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked if a roving inquiry could be ordered into the "issue of consent" between two adults who married at will and if the Kerala High Court order annulling the marriage of Hadiya, an alleged victim of 'love jihad', was justified. The questions, from a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D ...
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Hadiya Adult, Can't Question Her Marriage, Says Supreme Court
Hearing the case of Hadiya, the Kerala woman whose marriage with a Muslim man, Shafin Jahan, was annulled by the high court last year, the Supreme Court said today that her marital status cannot be probed.
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Attacks By Khap Panchayats Over Inter-Caste Marriage "Absolutely Illegal": Supreme Court
No khap, panchayat or society can question an adult man and woman who get married, the Supreme Court said today. Such interference, especially in case of inter-caste marriage, is "absolutely illegal", the court said.
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Bring Hadiya Here: Supreme Court To Father In Kerala 'Love Jihad' Case
Hadiya is 24 years old and her consent as an adult is "prime", said the Supreme Court today as it examined the landmark "love jihad" case that is centred on a young woman's marriage to a Muslim man in Kerala and has become the subject of an investigation by the country's top counter-terror agency. Hadiya must be presented in court on November 27 by...
