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.
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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