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Strict provisions of law for women's welfare; marriage not commercial...
Notably, the bench observed the invocation of IPC sections including rape, criminal intimidation and subjecting a married woman to cruelty -- as a...
Editorial: Out of the closet, into the mainstream
Two years after Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a draconian law which criminalised homosexual relationships was repealed, the issue of...
Will second wife get dead husband's pension? High Court says this
The High Court observed that the state government had been correct in holding that only a legally wedded wife was entitled to family pension.
Only a ‘deserving man’ can get maintenance from his wife
The question to be answered is after the loss of employment what steps were taken by you to secure another employment. The court will have to consider...
Filing false complaint against spouse amounts to mental cruelty: HC
The division bench of Justice VM Velumani and Justice S Sounthar made the ruling on dismissing a civil miscellaneous appeal filed by a woman who...
SC refers pleas for same-sex marriage to constitution bench
The Centre, in an affidavit, contended that legal validation of same-sex marriage will cause "complete havoc" with the delicate balance of personal...
No absolute concept of man or woman, can’t be about genitals: SC
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, submitted before a five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud that...
Same-sex marriage: Hearing on April 24 postponed
The Constitution Bench started hearing the petitions on April 18.
