Marriage and family
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Nata Vivah (Marriage) and Maintenance related issues under Section 125 CrPC
What is Nata Vivah According to this custom, in some tribes the woman (wife) can leave her husband and live with another man. This is called Nata. No formal rituals… Read more.
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Power of Civil Courts to grant Injunction to Restrain one spouse from entering into Second Marriage
One of the issues that is regularly encountered before the Civil Court and Family Court in Matrimonial Disputes is “Whether they have jurisdiction to grant an injunction in favour of… Read more.
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Consummation of Marriage, Not as easy as you think: Analyzing Non-consummation as a ground to annul Marriage
In today’s society you will find many couples desperate to annul (putting an end) their marriage on the basis that it had not been consummated. Britney Spears hit the headlines… Read more.
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Re-examining the Marital Rape Exemption
“The study of inequality” should be concerned with power at its extremities, in its ultimate destinations, with those points where it becomes capillary.” M. FOUCAULT The existence of marital exemption… Read more.
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“Marry me later” – On the proposed marriageable age for Indian women
INTRODUCTION Women’s legal age to marry has always been a matter of great concern in India over the past few decades. After the adoption of the Indian constitution in 1950,… Read more.
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“Restitution of Conjugal Rights OR Deprivation of Privacy Rights”?
Marriage is defined as “the civil status, condition, or relation of one man and one woman united in law for life, for the discharge to each other and the community… Read more.
