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Jun 04, 2018
Kerala HC shows progressive bent in allowing live-in relationships but protectionist approach infantilises women
Kerala High Court held that its power to issue writs of habeas corpus cannot be utilised to separate live-in couples, as long as they have attained the age of majority. -
May 13, 2018
Ailing mother marries off minor to 23-year-old woman in Andhra Pradesh after being fed up of husband
A 13-year-old boy was married off to a 23-year-old woman in Upparahal village in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district, police said -
May 06, 2018
Supreme Court says adult couples can live together without marriage, live-in relations recognised by legislature
An adult couple has a right to live together without marriage, the Supreme Court said, while asserting that a 20-year-old woman could choose whom she wanted to live with. -
May 06, 2018
'Legalise child marriages': BJP MLA Gopal Parmar's solution to end 'love jihad' harks back to 19th Century
Incidents like 'love jihad' occur because people wander when they aren't hitched "on time", BJP MLA Gopal Parmar from Madhya Pradesh has said. -
Apr 27, 2018
Dalit bridegrooms on horses are pushing caste barriers, challenging status quo in India
Over the last couple of years, Dalit weddings have been interrupted by upper castes in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. -
Apr 26, 2018
Marathwada Diary: How mass migration, illiteracy and low farm yield feeds into rampant child marriage in rural Maharashtra
Migration often forces early marriages in Marathwada. Around 300,000 farmers and labourers leave Beed during the harvest season and migrate to western Maharashtra's Kolhapur, Sangli and Satara districts, or to Karnataka's Belgaum district -
Jan 28, 2018
Mann Ki Baat: Narendra Modi applauds women power, ventures against social evils in 1st radio address of 2018
Narendra Modi in Mann Ki Baat on Sunday said that for the first in history heads of 10 ASEAN countries joined India's Republic Day celebration -
Jan 09, 2018
SC asks petitioners to furnish latest details on child marriages after PIL seeks implementation of anti-child marriage law
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the petitioners, who have questioned the intent of the Centre and states about implementation of the anti-child marriage law -
Jan 05, 2018
NHRC asks states to adopt zero-tolerance policy for child marriages as India sees 3,600 cases every day
With India recording around 3,600 child marriages every day, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked states to strictly enforce the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act -
Dec 30, 2017
Bihar's students perform street plays against child marriage to end practice in state
A small team performing street plays across this remote and underdeveloped rural pocket of Bihar's Gaya district to educate girls and their parents to say "no" to child marriage.
