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Marriage

Political compatibility as a factor in marriage

Whether it is an arranged marriage organized through traditional matchmakers or a Western-style wedding planned by the couple themselves after multiple dates and perhaps a period of cohabitation, the basic purpose is the same.

Connecting with Nehru~II

Nehru often escaped the claustrophobic environment of the prison enclosure by watching the sublime beauty of mother nature. His descriptions of the shifting images of the monsoon clouds, the vast expanse of the blue skies, the towering snow-capped Himalayas and the magnificent beauty of the changing seasons are filled with poetic splendor.

An equal music

A three-judge Bench comprising Chief Justice Mr SA Bobde, Justice Mr A S Bopanna, and Justice Mr V Ramasubramanian issued notice on a transfer petition by lawyer and BJP leader Mr Ashwini Upadhyay who submitted that cases pertaining to a uniform marriage age, in which he has prayed for the minimum marriage age for men and women be fixed at 21, were pending in Delhi and Rajasthan High Courts and urged the top court to adjudicate on the matter.

Women and property rights

While judicial pronouncements have provided a limited extent of gender equality in property rights, legislative measures are necessary to protect a woman’s property rights, says SUJATA KUMARI MUNI.

Love and jihad

Before 1955 when the Hindu Code Bill came into being, Hindu men could marry as many women as they liked, and some rich ones went on until they had even 13 or 14 wives all in the same house