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Marriage Laws

  • SC says it can grant divorce on ground of ‘irretrievable breakdown of marriage’

    SC says it can grant divorce on ground of ‘irretrievable breakdown of marriage’

    Scroll Staff
    · May 01, 2023 · 11:38 am
  • Woman should say before marriage if she does not wish to do household work, says Bombay HC

    Woman should say before marriage if she does not wish to do household work, says Bombay HC

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 27, 2022 · 06:48 pm
  • Delhi High Court calls for a Uniform Civil Code in India, asks Centre to take necessary steps

    Delhi High Court calls for a Uniform Civil Code in India, asks Centre to take necessary steps

    Scroll Staff
    · Jul 09, 2021 · 05:27 pm
  • Demands for a uniform civil code are back and women’s groups continue to oppose it. Here’s why

    Demands for a uniform civil code are back and women’s groups continue to oppose it. Here’s why

    Aarefa Johari
    · Dec 29, 2020 · 09:00 am
  • ‘Clear breach of international standards’: Experts debate the ban on Bangladeshis marrying Rohingya

    ‘Clear breach of international standards’: Experts debate the ban on Bangladeshis marrying Rohingya

    Afrose Jahan Chaity
    · Jan 03, 2018 · 09:30 pm
  • Two laws govern Hindu marriages in Pakistan – but neither addresses divorce adequately

    Two laws govern Hindu marriages in Pakistan – but neither addresses divorce adequately

    Tahir Mehdi
    · Oct 25, 2016 · 09:30 pm
  • Women's rights shouldn't get lost in the uniform civil code vs personal law debate

    Women's rights shouldn't get lost in the uniform civil code vs personal law debate

    Saumya Saxena
    · Oct 23, 2016 · 05:30 pm