Interfaith Marriages

A 24-year-old man was attacked and killed allegedly by his wife's male relatives over their interfaith marriage in Gujarat's Devbhumi Dwarka district, police said on Monday.

The marriage between a Muslim man and a Hindu woman is not valid under Muslim personal law even if registered under the Special Marriage Act, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has said while denying police protection to an interfaith couple.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed an interfaith couple's pleas seeking police protection and registration of their marriage, observing that the union of a Muslim man with a "fire-worshipper" woman is not a valid wedding as per Muslim law.

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the law permits interfaith couples to marry under the Special Marriage Act without conversion.

The Allahabad High Court has refused to grant relief on the petition filed by a couple demanding security after an inter-religious marriage.

A 50- year-old man, his son and another person have been arrested by Mumbai police and three minors detained for allegedly murdering the man's daughter and son-in-law in a case of so-called honour killing, police said.

Actor Swara Bhasker, who married activist Fahad Zirar Ahmad yesterday, put out an appreciation post on Twitter for the Special Marriage Act, which applies to interfaith marriages.

The Supreme Court sought the responses of the Centre and six states on a plea moved by a Muslim body, seeking a transfer of 21 cases that have challenged state laws regulating religious conversions.

The Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear on February 3 a batch of pleas challenging controversial state laws regulating religious conversions due to interfaith marriages.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on January 2 a batch of pleas challenging controversial state laws regulating religious conversions due to interfaith marriage.

The Maharashtra government on Thursday formed a 13-member coordination committee headed by a minister to track and maintain record of interfaith marriages.

The Maharashtra government has set up a committee to gather information about the inter-caste or inter-faith marriage couples and the maternal families of the women involved if they are estranged.

Three persons have been arrested for firingat a woman in Jaipur for allegedly marrying a person of a different faith, police said today.

A reception of a newly married Hindu-Muslim couple was cancelled in Maharashtra's Vasai town following opposition from local organizations in the wake of Shraddha Walkar's murder, police said on Saturday.

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.

A 24-year-old man was attacked and killed allegedly by his wife's male relatives over their interfaith marriage in Gujarat's Devbhumi Dwarka district, police said on Monday.

The marriage between a Muslim man and a Hindu woman is not valid under Muslim personal law even if registered under the Special Marriage Act, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has said while denying police protection to an interfaith couple.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed an interfaith couple's pleas seeking police protection and registration of their marriage, observing that the union of a Muslim man with a "fire-worshipper" woman is not a valid wedding as per Muslim law.

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the law permits interfaith couples to marry under the Special Marriage Act without conversion.

The Allahabad High Court has refused to grant relief on the petition filed by a couple demanding security after an inter-religious marriage.

A 50- year-old man, his son and another person have been arrested by Mumbai police and three minors detained for allegedly murdering the man's daughter and son-in-law in a case of so-called honour killing, police said.

Actor Swara Bhasker, who married activist Fahad Zirar Ahmad yesterday, put out an appreciation post on Twitter for the Special Marriage Act, which applies to interfaith marriages.

The Supreme Court sought the responses of the Centre and six states on a plea moved by a Muslim body, seeking a transfer of 21 cases that have challenged state laws regulating religious conversions.

The Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear on February 3 a batch of pleas challenging controversial state laws regulating religious conversions due to interfaith marriages.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on January 2 a batch of pleas challenging controversial state laws regulating religious conversions due to interfaith marriage.

The Maharashtra government on Thursday formed a 13-member coordination committee headed by a minister to track and maintain record of interfaith marriages.

The Maharashtra government has set up a committee to gather information about the inter-caste or inter-faith marriage couples and the maternal families of the women involved if they are estranged.

Three persons have been arrested for firingat a woman in Jaipur for allegedly marrying a person of a different faith, police said today.

A reception of a newly married Hindu-Muslim couple was cancelled in Maharashtra's Vasai town following opposition from local organizations in the wake of Shraddha Walkar's murder, police said on Saturday.

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.