Hindu Marriage Act

PM Modi backs Uniform Civil Code: How it will affect personal laws across religions

If the Uniform Civil Code comes into force, separate personal laws governing marriages, divorce and inheritance of Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Parsis and other communities will become ineffective

Can grant divorce on ground of 'irretrievable breakdown' of marriages: Supreme Court

A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul ruled that the six month period prescribed under Hindu Marriage Act can be dispensed with

Removal of 'mangalsutra' by wife is mental cruelty of highest order for husband: Madras HC

Thali (mangalsutra) around the neck of a woman is sacred and symbolises the continuance of married life. Its removal by the wife can cause agony and hurt the sentiments of the husband, the Madras High Court ruled

Why Uniform Civil Code should be implemented and it would be in the spirit of Indian Constitution

If a policy objective, such as the UCC, is mentioned in the Constitution itself, it is nearly impossible to argue that its enactment will be unconstitutional

How hijab row is a major litmus test whose outcome may decide the sturdiness of Indian Constitution

The ongoing hijab controversy is a contemporary variant of the phenomenon of forcing the hand of the Indian state to surrender to theology using bullying tactics via street power

Delhi HC bats for Uniform Civil Code: What is UCC, and why the court said it's time for a common law

The Uniform Civil Code essentially calls for the formulation of one law for India, applicable to all religious communities in matters related to marriage, divorce, inheritance, adoption, etc

'Only husband and wife make a family': Centre opposes same-sex marriage in Delhi HC

The affidavit comes after four people from the gay and lesbian community urged the court to declare that marriages between any two persons irrespective of their sex be solemnised under the Special Marriage Act

Love jihad laws: State has no business examining religious conversions; it breaches secular tenets, assaults civil liberties

It is senseless that we in the 21st century are still dealing with religion as though it was a means to determine one's relationship to the State.

Same sex marriage 'not recognised by our laws, society, values', Centre tells Delhi HC

The court was hearing a PIL asking for same sex marriages to be recognised under the Hindu Marriage Act and Special Marriage Act

Delhi HC declines plea to direct Centre to criminalise marital rape and make it grounds for divorce, says framing laws is domain of legislature

Since marital rape at present is not a crime, there is no FIR registered by a wife against her husband in any police station, the petition had said.