Hindu Marriage Bill

Marriages sacred to Hindus at stake due to couples' trivial issues: HC

Marriages considered sacrosanct by Hindus are at stake now because of small and trivial issues between couples, the Bombay High Court remarked while quashing a dowry harassment case against a man and his family members. The Nagpur bench of Justices Nitin Sambre and M M Nerlikar, in an order dated July 8, held that in matrimonial disputes, if a reunion is not possible, the same should be ended immediately to ensure the lives of the parties involved are not ruined. The bench was hearing a petition filed by a man and his family members seeking to quash a dowry harassment case registered against them by his estranged wife in December 2023. The estranged couple informed the court that they had settled their dispute and had been granted a divorce by mutual consent. The woman informed the court that she had no objection if the case was quashed, as she wished to move on with her life. The court, while quashing the case, said though the provisions pertaining to dowry harassment and unnatur

Uttarakhand implements UCC, becomes first state in country to do so

UCC applies to all residents of Uttarakhand, except Scheduled Tribes and protected authority-empowered persons and communities

Childless couples, singles: Identify heirs, write will, appoint an executor

If inherited from her father, it passes to his heirs; if from husband or father-in-law, to husband's heirs

Children born out of void marriages to get parents' property: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court's verdict came on a 2011 plea pertaining to the legal issue of whether non-marital children were entitled to a share in the property of their parents

Karnataka HC says not having sex is cruelty under Hindu Marriage Act

The Karnataka High Court has held that refusing sex to wife was an act of cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955

Can dissolve marriage on ground of 'irretrievable breakdown', says SC

The apex court has said that the 'cooling off' period of six months, which is given to a couple to reconcile, can be dispensed if certain conditions are met

Not even one-tenth of marriages in Delhi registered in last three years

In accordance with a 2006 Supreme Court ruling, marriage registration is compulsory under the Delhi (Compulsory Registration of Marriage) Order, 2014

PIL in Delhi HC for recognition of same-sex couple under Hindu Marriage Act

New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): Despite the Supreme Court decriminalising homosexuality in the country, same-sex marriage is still not being allowed under the provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act, said a public interest litigation (PIL) filed in the Delhi High Court.The public suit filed earlier this week urged to issue a declaration to the effect that since Section 5 of the Hindu Marriage Act of 1956 does not distinguish between homosexual and heterosexual couples, the right of same-sex couples to marry should be recognized under the said Act.The PIL, filed by advocates Raghav Awasthi and Mukesh Sharma, said that the petitioners have filed the petition for enforcement of fundamental rights granted under the Constitution of India.The petition said that as of now, the law sees the members of the LGBT community as individuals only and not as couples. It said that the LGBT community members are forced to suppress their feelings of getting married to the person of their own ...

With President's nod, Hindu Marriage Bill in Pakistan becomes law

The law aims to protect marriages, families, mothers and their children