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Property Rights Can't Be Denied To Son Of Couple Who Lived Together: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Monday said the "law presumes in favour of marriage and against concubinage" if a man and woman cohabited for a long period and their son cannot be denied the shares in the ancestral properties.
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On "Muslim Law Permits Polygamy", A High Court Ruling On Wife's Rights
Overturning a family court's order, the Gujarat High Court has said a woman cannot be forced to cohabit with her husband and establish conjugal rights with him even by a court's decree.
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"Happily Cohabiting": Court Grants Bail To Accused In Child Abuse Case
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a man, accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, saying it is prima facie satisfied that the woman -- a minor at the time of complaint -- was happily cohabiting with him
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Living Together Won't Confer Any Matrimonial Right: High Court
Long cohabitation or living together will not confer upon the parties any legal right to raise a matrimonial dispute before a Family Court, unless their marriage has been solemnized in a manner known to law, the Madras High Court has ruled.
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High Court Refuses To Give Custody Of Minor "Husband" To "Wife"
The Allahabad High Court has refused to give custody of a minor 'husband' to his 'wife', holding that their marriage was voidable and doing so would amount to sanctioning cohabitation between a major and a minor.
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Two Adults Can Live Together Without Interference From Families: Allahabad High Court
Two adults in a live-in relationship have the right to cohabit peacefully, the Allahabad High Court has observed while directing the SSP Farrukhabad to provide security to a couple that lives together and has been facing harassment by family members.
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UAE Plans To Decriminalise Alcohol, Cohabitation By Unwed Couples
The United Arab Emirates plans to decriminalize "actions that don't harm others," potentially ending punishments for alcohol consumption or cohabitation by unwed couples in the expatriate-dominated country.
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Supreme Court To Decide If Live-Ins Can Be Treated As De Facto Marriage
The Supreme Court today decided to examine whether civil liability can be fastened on a man, who walked out of a promise to marry a woman after long cohabitation (live-in) and a consensual sexual relationship, by treating such a relation as "de-facto" marriage.
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Pope Francis Reaches Out To Divorcees But Holds Line On Homosexuality
Pope Francis today opted for no change in the Catholic approach to homosexuality but signalled a more open stance on cohabiting and divorced believers under new Church guidelines on family life.
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Living Together is Basically the Same as Marriage, Study Finds
Using data from the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, Sara E. Mernitz and Claire Kamp Dush from Ohio State University looked at what happens when young people cohabitate, transition into marriage or progress from a first to second cohabitation - and how men and women experience these changes differently.
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Couple Cohabiting for Long Time, Presumed to be Married: Supreme Court
If a man and a woman have cohabited continuously for a long time, the law presumes they are married, the Supreme Court has said while holding that a woman is eligible to inherit her partner's property after his death.
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Pope Francis Launches Historic Review of Teaching on Family, Marriage
Pope Francis on Sunday launched a major review of Catholic teaching on the family that could lead to change in the Church's attitude to marriage, cohabitation and divorce.
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Indonesia mulls criminalising unmarried cohabiting couples
Indonesia is deliberating criminalising unmarried couples living together and lengthening jail terms for adulterers, a lawmaker said Friday, in plans that activists have dubbed regressive.
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Married in 1944, couple in legal battle over cohabitation
A couple who got married in the first half of the 20th century is locked in a legal battle now over matrimonial rights and obligations.
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Long cohabitation presumption of marriage: SC
The Bench passed the ruling while dismissing an appeal.
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Property Rights Can't Be Denied To Son Of Couple Who Lived Together: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Monday said the "law presumes in favour of marriage and against concubinage" if a man and woman cohabited for a long period and their son cannot be denied the shares in the ancestral properties.
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On "Muslim Law Permits Polygamy", A High Court Ruling On Wife's Rights
Overturning a family court's order, the Gujarat High Court has said a woman cannot be forced to cohabit with her husband and establish conjugal rights with him even by a court's decree.
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"Happily Cohabiting": Court Grants Bail To Accused In Child Abuse Case
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a man, accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, saying it is prima facie satisfied that the woman -- a minor at the time of complaint -- was happily cohabiting with him
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Living Together Won't Confer Any Matrimonial Right: High Court
Long cohabitation or living together will not confer upon the parties any legal right to raise a matrimonial dispute before a Family Court, unless their marriage has been solemnized in a manner known to law, the Madras High Court has ruled.
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High Court Refuses To Give Custody Of Minor "Husband" To "Wife"
The Allahabad High Court has refused to give custody of a minor 'husband' to his 'wife', holding that their marriage was voidable and doing so would amount to sanctioning cohabitation between a major and a minor.
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Two Adults Can Live Together Without Interference From Families: Allahabad High Court
Two adults in a live-in relationship have the right to cohabit peacefully, the Allahabad High Court has observed while directing the SSP Farrukhabad to provide security to a couple that lives together and has been facing harassment by family members.
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UAE Plans To Decriminalise Alcohol, Cohabitation By Unwed Couples
The United Arab Emirates plans to decriminalize "actions that don't harm others," potentially ending punishments for alcohol consumption or cohabitation by unwed couples in the expatriate-dominated country.
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Supreme Court To Decide If Live-Ins Can Be Treated As De Facto Marriage
The Supreme Court today decided to examine whether civil liability can be fastened on a man, who walked out of a promise to marry a woman after long cohabitation (live-in) and a consensual sexual relationship, by treating such a relation as "de-facto" marriage.
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Pope Francis Reaches Out To Divorcees But Holds Line On Homosexuality
Pope Francis today opted for no change in the Catholic approach to homosexuality but signalled a more open stance on cohabiting and divorced believers under new Church guidelines on family life.
-
Living Together is Basically the Same as Marriage, Study Finds
Using data from the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, Sara E. Mernitz and Claire Kamp Dush from Ohio State University looked at what happens when young people cohabitate, transition into marriage or progress from a first to second cohabitation - and how men and women experience these changes differently.
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Couple Cohabiting for Long Time, Presumed to be Married: Supreme Court
If a man and a woman have cohabited continuously for a long time, the law presumes they are married, the Supreme Court has said while holding that a woman is eligible to inherit her partner's property after his death.
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Pope Francis Launches Historic Review of Teaching on Family, Marriage
Pope Francis on Sunday launched a major review of Catholic teaching on the family that could lead to change in the Church's attitude to marriage, cohabitation and divorce.
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Indonesia mulls criminalising unmarried cohabiting couples
Indonesia is deliberating criminalising unmarried couples living together and lengthening jail terms for adulterers, a lawmaker said Friday, in plans that activists have dubbed regressive.
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Married in 1944, couple in legal battle over cohabitation
A couple who got married in the first half of the 20th century is locked in a legal battle now over matrimonial rights and obligations.
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Long cohabitation presumption of marriage: SC
The Bench passed the ruling while dismissing an appeal.
