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Thursday, July 31, 2025
TopicInterfaith Marriage

Topic: Interfaith Marriage

Hindu-Muslim couples are being dragged to court. Rape, POCSO, abduction, even theft cases

Families now file FIRs to stop these relationships, often with sanction from police and state authorities.

Allahabad HC’s pattern of denying protection to interfaith, live-in couples—a look at cases & the law

An analysis of protection pleas before HC over the past 2 yrs shows denials for reasons ranging from deviation from social norms to underage partners and even creating 'chaos in society'.

Interfaith couple reach Bhopal court to marry, groom thrashed by VHP, Sanskriti Bachao Manch members

The members of the Hindutva outfits accused the man of pressuring and blackmailing the Hindu woman into marrying him.

Rationalists look for love in new India. Kerala’s Secular Matrimony swipes left on religion

Kerala-based Secular Matrimony champions interfaith love, atheism, and progressive values. Rationalist parents use it to arrange matches for their children.

Arya Samaj weddings are in trouble. Courts cracking down on certificates, conversions

Judges are rejecting Arya Samaj certificates, flagging ‘fake’ documents, questioning short-cut conversions, and ordering probes into rogue outfits using its name.

Set up after Shraddha Walkar case, Maharashtra interfaith marriages panel in limbo. 3 meetings in 2 yrs

The committee, which is expected to register FIRs based on complaints in which it finds merit, has also not registered a single FIR since its formation in 2022, reveals RTI response.

Ancient centre of ‘uncle’ wisdom & Cupid, please refer to personal laws

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

HC denies protection to interfaith couple seeking to marry under Special Marriage Act. What law says

MP court declares Hindu-Muslim marriage invalid under Muslim Personal Law, even if registered under SMA. Legal experts say judge's interpretation of ‘prohibited relationship’ is ‘flawed’.

Live-in couples in small town India have it rough – Varanasi to Vadodara, Aligarh to Alwar

Live-in relationships are on the rise. So are the social pressures. The Supreme Court has widened the rights, but pushback has come from high courts, statutory bodies, politicians.

India’s police need to stop policing women’s choices

Similar to their colonial predecessors, Indian police are obsessed with policing defiant daughters – not defending their rights.

On Camera

Modi’s ‘Make in India’—a case study in what happens when strategy is replaced by storytelling

From day one, Make in India was driven by optics than economics. There were global summits, slick visuals, and media blitzes. But the real machinery never showed up.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.