News Update Centre denies the legalisation of Same-Sex Marriage 27 Feb 2021 The Centre has denied to make any changes to the existing laws on marriage of same sex marriages. The High Court of Delhi on Thursday, heard three separate petitions by…
News Update Denying the right to choose one’s life partner is violative of FR: Himachal Pradesh High Court 24 Feb 2021 The Himachal Pradesh High Court stated that refusing an individual's right to choose a partner violates fundamental rights, emphasizing that women have the right to choose their husbands and live their…
News Update Man returns home after inter-caste marriage, stabbed to death by girl’s family 23 Feb 2021 A man was stabbed to death by his In-laws. He was killed by the family of the girl he married. The horrific incident took place in Gesupur Januvi village under…
News Update AIMPLB moves Supreme Court against plea for uniform divorce laws; claims matter of personal law cannot be tested on the anvil of Articles 14, 21 15 Feb 2021 The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has appealed to the Supreme Court and opposed the petition seeking uniform grounds for divorce in the country regardless of belief, personal laws,…
News Update Medical examination is not a proof, if a girl is minor as per her birth certificate, says Allahabad Court 5 Feb 2021 BackgroundThe girl acknowledges that she has married her husband named Pintu with her own free will she does not want to live with her parents. The judicial magistrate at Hapur…
News Update Supreme Court issued notice to transfer pending cases in High Courts regarding uniform marriage age 2 Feb 2021 The Supreme Court issued a notice on petition, seeking to transfer the pending cases before the Rajasthan and Delhi High Courts which sought uniform marriage age for men and women.…
News Update Already Married woman living with some another man without divorcing her husband cannot seek legal sanctity: Allahabad HC 1 Feb 2021 If a married woman stays in a live-in relationship with another person without ending her marriage, then in the eyes of Law, this act will be termed as crime with…
News Update Ramesh Dalal vs. State of Maharashtra[ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.1227 OF 2020] 2 Jan 2021 BackgroundAn FIR has been filed against Ramesh and Malavicka Dalal (applicants) under Sections 498A (cruelty by in-laws), 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the…
News Update Supreme Court: Relatives of the husband cannot be regarded as accused under a Triple Talaq case 2 Jan 2021 Case: Rahna Jalal v. State of KeralaThe Supreme Court has ruled that the relatives of the husband cannot be regarded as accused under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on…
News Update Bombay HC grants bail to accused who was asked by husband to rape his wife 31 Dec 2020 The woman was married in 2009 to a person to a merchant navy worker. She alleged that after his return from the ship in 2015, the husband invited a couple…