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US Lags Behind In Fight Against Child Marriage: 300,000 Cases Since 2000
Despite global focus on South Asia and Africa, child marriage remains legal in 37 US states, with over 300,000 cases reported since 2000.
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Case Against Mumbai Man For Raping Woman, Forcing Abortion: Cops
Police have registered an FIR against a man from Navi Mumbai for allegedly raping a woman under the pretext of marriage and forcing her to terminate her pregnancy, an official said on Sunday.
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Army Nurse Was Fired Over Marriage, She Will Now Get Rs 60 Lakh In Damages
Terminating a woman's employment on the grounds of marriage was "coarse case of gender discrimination" and any law based on a gender bias is "constitutionally impermissible", the Supreme Court has said
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Jharkhand Court Protects Woman From Forced Marriage To Man Double Her Age
The High Court of Jharkhand on Tuesday came to the rescue of a 26-year-old woman whose relatives allegedly want to marry her off to someone double her age as they are opposed to her relationship with a man of another religion.
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Hindu Girl, 13, Allegedly Kidnapped In Pakistan's Sindh: Report
A 13-year-old girl belonging to the Hindu community in Pakistan's Sindh province has reportedly been abducted last week while she was returning from the market.
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Sikh Woman Forcibly Married To Muslim In Pakistan, Protests Erupt: Report
Members of Pakistan's minority Sikh community staged a protest in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday against police inaction in a case involving the forcible marriage of a Sikh woman to a Muslim man.
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Blame Game Ends As No-Fault Divorce Law Comes Into Force In England
No more faked evidence or years-long waits -- from Wednesday, unhappy spouses in England and Wales can end their marriages without blaming each other, in the biggest reform of divorce law for half a century.
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Father Of UP Man Who Died In Custody Cries Foul On Letter Absolving Cops
The man, Altaf, had been brought to the police station on Monday evening for questioning in a case filed last week linked to the "kidnapping of a woman and forced marriage" where he allegedly died by suicide.
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Rape-Accused Delhi Doctor Gets Bail, Court Says "Not Case Of Sex Assault"
Delhi High Court has granted bail to a doctor of Safdarjung Hospital, accused of raping a woman on the promise of marriage, on the ground that it was "not a case of forceful sexual assault".
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Tearful Couples In Australia Cancel Weddings Over Coronavirus Pandemic
A cluster of 35 coronavirus cases linked to a marriage ceremony near Sydney and new government measures have hit Australia's multi-billion-dollar wedding industry and forced many tearful couples to cancel the big day.
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He Wept Through Wedding. Now, Bihar Court Declares Marriage Void
The groom was dragged to the "mandap" and he wept through his wedding in a video from Bihar that went viral in December 2017. Vinod Kumar's wedding-at-gunpoint has now been annulled by a family court in Patna.
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Pak Rights Body Raises Concern Over Forced Conversions Of Girls
Pakistan's independent human rights watchdog on Monday raised concerns about incidents of forced conversions and marriages of Hindu and Christian girls, saying around 1,000 such cases were reported just in the southern Sindh province alone last year.
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Pak Court Orders Probe Into Case Of Forced Conversion Of Hindu Girls
The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday formed an independent five-member commission to probe the alleged abduction, forced conversion and marriage of two teenage Hindu girls in Sindh province that led to massive protests by the minority community in the country.
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Amid Pollachi Row, Tamil Nadu Man Films Woman To Force Her Into Marriage
At a time when the Pollachi sex scandal is sending shock waves across the country, the Nagapattinam police in Tamil Nadu have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly shooting objectionable videos of a woman and trying to blackmail her into marrying him.
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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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US Lags Behind In Fight Against Child Marriage: 300,000 Cases Since 2000
Despite global focus on South Asia and Africa, child marriage remains legal in 37 US states, with over 300,000 cases reported since 2000.
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Case Against Mumbai Man For Raping Woman, Forcing Abortion: Cops
Police have registered an FIR against a man from Navi Mumbai for allegedly raping a woman under the pretext of marriage and forcing her to terminate her pregnancy, an official said on Sunday.
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Army Nurse Was Fired Over Marriage, She Will Now Get Rs 60 Lakh In Damages
Terminating a woman's employment on the grounds of marriage was "coarse case of gender discrimination" and any law based on a gender bias is "constitutionally impermissible", the Supreme Court has said
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Jharkhand Court Protects Woman From Forced Marriage To Man Double Her Age
The High Court of Jharkhand on Tuesday came to the rescue of a 26-year-old woman whose relatives allegedly want to marry her off to someone double her age as they are opposed to her relationship with a man of another religion.
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Hindu Girl, 13, Allegedly Kidnapped In Pakistan's Sindh: Report
A 13-year-old girl belonging to the Hindu community in Pakistan's Sindh province has reportedly been abducted last week while she was returning from the market.
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Sikh Woman Forcibly Married To Muslim In Pakistan, Protests Erupt: Report
Members of Pakistan's minority Sikh community staged a protest in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday against police inaction in a case involving the forcible marriage of a Sikh woman to a Muslim man.
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Blame Game Ends As No-Fault Divorce Law Comes Into Force In England
No more faked evidence or years-long waits -- from Wednesday, unhappy spouses in England and Wales can end their marriages without blaming each other, in the biggest reform of divorce law for half a century.
-
Father Of UP Man Who Died In Custody Cries Foul On Letter Absolving Cops
The man, Altaf, had been brought to the police station on Monday evening for questioning in a case filed last week linked to the "kidnapping of a woman and forced marriage" where he allegedly died by suicide.
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Rape-Accused Delhi Doctor Gets Bail, Court Says "Not Case Of Sex Assault"
Delhi High Court has granted bail to a doctor of Safdarjung Hospital, accused of raping a woman on the promise of marriage, on the ground that it was "not a case of forceful sexual assault".
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Tearful Couples In Australia Cancel Weddings Over Coronavirus Pandemic
A cluster of 35 coronavirus cases linked to a marriage ceremony near Sydney and new government measures have hit Australia's multi-billion-dollar wedding industry and forced many tearful couples to cancel the big day.
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He Wept Through Wedding. Now, Bihar Court Declares Marriage Void
The groom was dragged to the "mandap" and he wept through his wedding in a video from Bihar that went viral in December 2017. Vinod Kumar's wedding-at-gunpoint has now been annulled by a family court in Patna.
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Pak Rights Body Raises Concern Over Forced Conversions Of Girls
Pakistan's independent human rights watchdog on Monday raised concerns about incidents of forced conversions and marriages of Hindu and Christian girls, saying around 1,000 such cases were reported just in the southern Sindh province alone last year.
-
Pak Court Orders Probe Into Case Of Forced Conversion Of Hindu Girls
The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday formed an independent five-member commission to probe the alleged abduction, forced conversion and marriage of two teenage Hindu girls in Sindh province that led to massive protests by the minority community in the country.
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Amid Pollachi Row, Tamil Nadu Man Films Woman To Force Her Into Marriage
At a time when the Pollachi sex scandal is sending shock waves across the country, the Nagapattinam police in Tamil Nadu have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly shooting objectionable videos of a woman and trying to blackmail her into marrying him.
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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.
