Love And Marriage
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UP anti-conversion law applies to live-in relationships, says Allahabad HC
The court passed the order while denying protection to an interfaith couple, whose marriage registration remains pending.
Scroll Staff
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Allahabad High Court dismisses pleas by eight Hindu-Muslim couples seeking protection of life
The bench said that the interfaith marriages were not in compliance with Uttar Pradesh’s anti-religious conversion law.
Scroll Staff
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BJP MP seeks law against live-in relationships, calls them ‘dangerous disease’
The legislator from Haryana’s Bhiwani-Mahendragarh also sought to make parental consent mandatory for love marriages between two adults.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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‘They built the Ram temple. That is bigger than providing jobs.’
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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Salman Rushdie’s new memoir un-wounds the ‘knife’ of language
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Right to marry person of choice is constitutionally protected, family can’t object: Delhi HC
The bench granted the petitioners police protection to ‘ensure that no harm befalls them’.
Scroll Staff
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What route could the Supreme Court use to legalise same-sex marriage?
There are several possible paths to marriage equality for all genders and sexualities, but each may pose a different set of challenges in implementation.
Umang Poddar
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‘Want to live and die together’: Meet the people battling for same-sex marriage rights in India
The Supreme Court has started hearing a clutch of petitions asking for same-sex marriages.
Umang Poddar
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Make parents’ consent mandatory for love marriages, demand two Gujarat MLAs
BJP MLA Fatesinh Chauhan and Congress legislator Geniben Thakor sought an amendment to the Registration of Marriages Act, 2009.
Scroll Staff
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All you need to know about the same-sex marriage petitions before the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will hear petitions asking for legal recognition of same-sex marriage in April.
Umang Poddar
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Special Marriage Act: SC dismisses PIL challenging provisions to publish personal details of couples
The petitioner argued that the law violates the fundamental right to privacy.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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British Indians are embracing arranged marriages – but not in a traditional way
The range of arranged unions that now exist can be thought of as a spectrum.
Raksha Pande, The Conversation
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30-day prior notice in Special Marriage Act is fair and reasonable, Centre tells Delhi HC
The government contended that fundamental rights are not absolute and reasonable restrictions can be imposed on them.
Scroll Staff
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With Allahabad HC ruling on special marriages, individuals rights trump community interest – rightly
The court stated that individual autonomy in making decisions about the intimate aspects of one’s life, such as marriage, is constitutionally sacrosanct.
Akshat Agarwal
The Field
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Watch, highlights ISL 2024: Odisha FC through to semi-final after beating Kerala Blasters in playoff
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time