Four kinds of marriages are considered voidable under Hindu Marriage Act: voidable due to impotency, legal defects, defect of consent due to fraud, or pre-existing pregnancy by another spouse.
Ruling that a woman doesn't need her husband’s signature or permission in any form for passport application, court underlined that she doesn't lose her individuality after marriage.
HC rejects divorce plea that private masturbation constituted cruelty, says 'when masturbation among men acknowledged as universal, masturbation by women cannot be stigmatised'.
Case came before 3-judge bench after conflicting decisions on the question of providing permanent alimony or maintenance to either spouse even after the marriage is declared void
With regard to divorce, the UCC brings in provisions that penalise extrajudicial divorce modes—including talaq-us-sunnat, talaq-i-biddat, khula, maba'arat, and zihar.
The ongoing online rhetoric over Atul Subhash's suicide is deepening distrust between men and women instead of offering a nuanced understanding of the situation.
Amid spate of ‘honour killings’ in Haryana, khap leaders have submitted memorandum to CM saying ‘beliefs of our area, particularly north India, have been ignored' in Hindu Marriage Act.
The dogs will survive whatever orders are passed. But institutions are more fragile than we imagine. Once lost, the trust they embody takes generations to rebuild.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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