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From Electoral Bonds To Child Marriage: Landmark Verdicts By Supreme Court In 2024
From striking down the electoral bonds scheme to ruling on quotas within quotas and criminal prosecution of lawmakers, here are the landmark verdicts delivered by the Supreme Court in 2024.
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Law On Child Marriage Cannot Be Stunted By Any Personal Law: Top Court
The Supreme Court on Friday said the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act cannot be stunted by traditions under any personal law and observed marriages involving children violate the free will to choose a life partner.
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Prosecuting People Will Not Resolve Issue Of Child Marriage: Supreme Court
Prosecuting persons involved in child marriages will not resolve the problem which has social dimensions, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday while reserving the verdict on a PIL over the alleged rise in underage weddings in the country.
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"Which Law Gives Legitimacy To Child Born Outside Formal Marriage?" Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday sought to know which law gives legitimacy to children born outside a formal marriage, be it void or voidable.
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Supreme Court To Examine Whether Muslim Girls Above 15 Can Marry Willingly
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights' plea challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court order that a Muslim girl can marry a person of her choice after attaining puberty.
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Order In Minor Muslim Girl's Marriage Challenged, Supreme Court To Hear
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a plea of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court order that a minor Muslim girl can marry a person of her choice.
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Muslim-Hindu Couple's Child Can Claim Father's Property: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that although the marriage between a Muslim man and Hindu woman is an irregular marriage, described as "fasid" in Mohamadan law, the children born out this wedlock are legitimate and have claim over the property of the father.
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Sex With Wife Below 18 Is Rape, Says Supreme Court
Sex with a wife below 18 is rape, the Supreme Court said today in a landmark decision to end an exception in the law for men married to girls who are above 15.
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'Law Against Child Marriage In Conflict With Muslim Personal Law': Judge
More than 85 years after the first law to outlaw child marriage was enacted, official statistics show that the practice is still prevalent in a large number of states. On Thursday, a top Supreme Court judge said laws prohibiting the menace had failed because laws often could not force societies to change. And it did not help if a social evil banned...
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From Electoral Bonds To Child Marriage: Landmark Verdicts By Supreme Court In 2024
From striking down the electoral bonds scheme to ruling on quotas within quotas and criminal prosecution of lawmakers, here are the landmark verdicts delivered by the Supreme Court in 2024.
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Law On Child Marriage Cannot Be Stunted By Any Personal Law: Top Court
The Supreme Court on Friday said the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act cannot be stunted by traditions under any personal law and observed marriages involving children violate the free will to choose a life partner.
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Prosecuting People Will Not Resolve Issue Of Child Marriage: Supreme Court
Prosecuting persons involved in child marriages will not resolve the problem which has social dimensions, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday while reserving the verdict on a PIL over the alleged rise in underage weddings in the country.
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"Which Law Gives Legitimacy To Child Born Outside Formal Marriage?" Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday sought to know which law gives legitimacy to children born outside a formal marriage, be it void or voidable.
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Supreme Court To Examine Whether Muslim Girls Above 15 Can Marry Willingly
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights' plea challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court order that a Muslim girl can marry a person of her choice after attaining puberty.
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Order In Minor Muslim Girl's Marriage Challenged, Supreme Court To Hear
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a plea of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court order that a minor Muslim girl can marry a person of her choice.
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Muslim-Hindu Couple's Child Can Claim Father's Property: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that although the marriage between a Muslim man and Hindu woman is an irregular marriage, described as "fasid" in Mohamadan law, the children born out this wedlock are legitimate and have claim over the property of the father.
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Sex With Wife Below 18 Is Rape, Says Supreme Court
Sex with a wife below 18 is rape, the Supreme Court said today in a landmark decision to end an exception in the law for men married to girls who are above 15.
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'Law Against Child Marriage In Conflict With Muslim Personal Law': Judge
More than 85 years after the first law to outlaw child marriage was enacted, official statistics show that the practice is still prevalent in a large number of states. On Thursday, a top Supreme Court judge said laws prohibiting the menace had failed because laws often could not force societies to change. And it did not help if a social evil banned...
