Court says that the registration authority set up will also address grievances of live-in partners, especially issues concerning children born from such unions.
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.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
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