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TopicSpecial Marriage Act

Topic: Special Marriage Act

When ‘love’ turns sour—Muslim bindi seller’s 18-yr legal battle against false rape, kidnapping charge

Bindi-seller Mohammad Quasim went to jail, and then fought a legal battle for 18 years to clear his name after marrying outside community for love back in 2004.

For Mizo men, marriage with non-Mizos changes nothing. For women, it can cost rights—plea in SC

Mizo woman who marries non-Mizo man is excluded from protections of Mizo Marriage, and Inheritance of Property (Amendment) Act 2026, while a Mizo man remains covered irrespective of whom he marries.

Will Gujarat Dy CM’s ‘mandatory parental consent for marriage’ proposal withstand legal scrutiny?

Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi's proposed rule purportedly aims to prevent ‘love jihad’—something the ruling BJP has long targeted as a major issue.

Forget UCC, amending the Special Marriage Act can do more for gender justice

Everyone needs to understand that a sort of UCC already exists in the form of the Special Marriage Act, 1954.

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.

Don’t make people endure marriage. Not allowing divorce in Indian law is cruel: Hiren Mukherjee

On 17 September 1954, during a debate on the Special Marriage Bill, CPI MP Hirendranath Mukherjee argued that marriage as an institution must evolve to reflect human dignity and compassion.

HC order puts focus on children born of invalid marriages. What law says about their rights

Saying birth of such children must be viewed independently of their parents' relationship, Himachal HC has ruled that registration of birth in panchayat records can't be denied.

This Hindu-Muslim relationship blossomed despite the Babri Masjid riots in 1992

In 'Intimacy in Alienation: A Psychoanalytic Study of Hindu-Muslim Relationships', Ashis Roy analyses the psycho-social aspects of Hindu-Muslim relationships.

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’.

On Camera

Ajinkya Rahane’s farewell closes the chapter on India’s greatest Test generation

Ajinkya Rahane was at the heart of India's rise under Kohli and Shastri. Nowhere was his understated value more immortalised than during the 2020–21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Despite PM Modi’s appeal to cut fertiliser use, farmers show no sign of scaling back—Parliament data

Combined sales of urea, DAP, MOP and complex fertilisers rose 25 percent in April even as Modi asked farmers to cut chemical fertiliser use by up to half to save soil and foreign exchange

In Delhi, an emotional farewell to former Army chief Gen VN Sharma with full state honours

The three service chiefs paid tributes, along with several former Army chiefs. Friends & fellow soldiers remember him as a 'natural charmer'.

India’s Gen Z has opened a breach, for BJP to fill or Opposition to widen

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.