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Topic: Marriage

Backtracking over ‘kundali’ mismatch after sex on promise of marriage is an offence—Delhi HC

Delhi High Court has held that this can amount to offence under Section 69 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which criminalises sexual intercourse by deceit or on false promise of marriage.

Getting a boyfriend won’t bring my life together. I’d rather get a cat

There’s people my age—my friends—telling me I need to get my life together. Simply because I don’t have a boyfriend. When did I become Bridget Jones?

Brother shot Sapna in her sleep. She had crossed a Haryana khap red line

Pock marks from bullets scar the floor and door of Sapna's room in her in-laws' house in Rohtak's Kahni, where marrying within the same village has consequences.

Dear Indian women, leave your fundamental rights at the wedding altar

How have we arrived in 2024, where summarily divorcing your wife can land you in jail, but sexually assaulting her will not?

Rape within marriage must be distinguished from that outside it, Centre tells Supreme Court

Linking rape to marriage can be considered 'excessively harsh' & 'disproportionate', submits MHA, opposing a batch of petitions seeking to criminalise marital rape in India.

Indian courts are increasingly progressive in all areas except one—marriage

In ‘Who is Equal’, senior Supreme Court lawyer,Saurabh Kirpal, seeks to untangle legal inequalities prevalent in our country in different sectors such as marriage, education, employment, and more.

‘Helps avoid false dowry allegations’ — HC on why making list of wedding gifts given to bride is vital

Dowry Prohibition Act makes exception for gifts given to bride at marriage, and rules have been laid down for making of such lists. Allahabad HC last week stressed importance of the act.

Uttarakhand UCC Bill proposes ban on polygamy & child marriage, criminalisation of ‘nikah halala’

Tabled in Uttarakhand Assembly, Uniform Civil Code Bill also recommends uniform marriage age for men & women across religions. Scheduled Tribes have been excluded from its ambit.

Dear men, it’s time to retire your ‘henpecked husband’ jokes. Marriages are harder for women

Who hasn't heard an uncle joke about his wife 'not letting' him do fun stuff, even as she strives to make a hot meal for him at that exact moment?

Amid debate on marital rape, Gujarat HC’s scathing remarks — ‘rape is rape, this silence must be broken’

Court made strong remarks as it rejected bail plea of woman accused of abetting daughter-in-law's sexual abuse at the hands of her son, saying she 'played equal role as other accused'.

On Camera

The influencer war that took rural creator Pujarini Pradhan global

As social media debated whether audiences were consuming Pujarini Pradhan as a symbol, The Juggernaut turned her into a story that could circulate globally, with or without her participation.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.