Marrying Against Wishes

A 55-year-old woman was assaulted and paraded semi-naked here allegedly by her son's in-laws after he got married against the wishes of the bride's parents, police said on Saturday.

A 23-year-old woman, her husband and their little daughter were killed allegedly by her father and brother in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, as her family was against their marriage, the police said on Wednesday.

A young couple was murdered just three days after their wedding in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district. The couple, Mariselvam and Karthiga, got married against the will of the bride's family, said police.

In a bizarre turn of events, family members of a 20-year-old girl in Odisha's Kendrapara district publicly declared their living daughter dead and performed her post-death rituals on Thursday to protest her marriage against their wishes.

In a suspected case of honour killing, a 22-year-old woman was allegedly strangled to death by her parents and brother in Gurugram for marrying a man from another caste against the family's wishes, police said on Friday.

A 25-year-old man was murdered here allegedly by his wife's two brothers for marrying him against the wishes of her family members, police said on Monday.

Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted police protection to a newlywed couple who got married against the wishes of her parents and were facing threats from the woman's family.

The victim, Dheeru Jatav, had married a woman from the village against her family's wishes two years ago in court, and the couple had fled to Ahmedabad in Gujarat where they had lived since. Both of them belong to the same community.

The Allahabad High Court has held that a Muslim man who has married for the second time against the wishes of his first wife cannot seek a decree from a civil court to compel the first wife to live with him.

A newly married couple was hacked to death by the woman's father for marrying against the family's wishes in Tamil Nadu.

A father in Pakistan is suspected of killing his two daughters and their four children by setting their house ablaze because one of the women married against his wishes, police said.

A 21-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed to deathby her family members for marrying against their wishes, the police said on Thursday.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has suggested that safe houses should be made available in the two states as well as in Chandigarh, their common capital, to protect life and liberty of couples who married against the wishes of their families.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Delhi Police to provide adequate protection to a lesbian woman -- married against her wishes -- from her family members and in-laws.

A 28-year-old man was brutally murdered in Telangana allegedly by his in-laws who had objected to his marriage to their relative. The couple belonged to different castes and the victim's wife says they got married against the wishes of her father.

A 55-year-old woman was assaulted and paraded semi-naked here allegedly by her son's in-laws after he got married against the wishes of the bride's parents, police said on Saturday.

A 23-year-old woman, her husband and their little daughter were killed allegedly by her father and brother in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, as her family was against their marriage, the police said on Wednesday.

A young couple was murdered just three days after their wedding in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district. The couple, Mariselvam and Karthiga, got married against the will of the bride's family, said police.

In a bizarre turn of events, family members of a 20-year-old girl in Odisha's Kendrapara district publicly declared their living daughter dead and performed her post-death rituals on Thursday to protest her marriage against their wishes.

In a suspected case of honour killing, a 22-year-old woman was allegedly strangled to death by her parents and brother in Gurugram for marrying a man from another caste against the family's wishes, police said on Friday.

A 25-year-old man was murdered here allegedly by his wife's two brothers for marrying him against the wishes of her family members, police said on Monday.

Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted police protection to a newlywed couple who got married against the wishes of her parents and were facing threats from the woman's family.

The victim, Dheeru Jatav, had married a woman from the village against her family's wishes two years ago in court, and the couple had fled to Ahmedabad in Gujarat where they had lived since. Both of them belong to the same community.

The Allahabad High Court has held that a Muslim man who has married for the second time against the wishes of his first wife cannot seek a decree from a civil court to compel the first wife to live with him.

A newly married couple was hacked to death by the woman's father for marrying against the family's wishes in Tamil Nadu.

A father in Pakistan is suspected of killing his two daughters and their four children by setting their house ablaze because one of the women married against his wishes, police said.

A 21-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed to deathby her family members for marrying against their wishes, the police said on Thursday.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has suggested that safe houses should be made available in the two states as well as in Chandigarh, their common capital, to protect life and liberty of couples who married against the wishes of their families.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Delhi Police to provide adequate protection to a lesbian woman -- married against her wishes -- from her family members and in-laws.

A 28-year-old man was brutally murdered in Telangana allegedly by his in-laws who had objected to his marriage to their relative. The couple belonged to different castes and the victim's wife says they got married against the wishes of her father.