A Bench comprising CJI D.Y. Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, S. Ravindra Bhat, Hima Kohli and P.S. Narasimha during the hearing of the verdict on same-sex marriage, at the Supreme Court, in New Delhi on October 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI From sati to interfaith marriages, the institution of marriage has undergone a sea … Read more
A view of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. File photo Holding that “the societal opposition to interreligion marriage often makes it difficult for couples to exercise their legal rights”, the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on April 18 quashed a three-year-old case of cheating against a married couple from Ujjain and the … Read more
Maharashtra Minister for Women and Child Development Mangal Prabhat Lodha speaks to the media in Mumbai on December 14, 2022 on the State’s move to monitor interfaith and inter-caste couples. The Maharashtra Government has constituted a 13-member committee to collect details of couples in interfaith and inter-caste marriages, and the maternal families of the women … Read more
Despite a Supreme Court directive, only Delhi, Haryana and Punjab have proper shelters for such couples facing opposition from families and community Despite a Supreme Court directive, only Delhi, Haryana and Punjab have proper shelters for such couples facing opposition from families and community Amit Kumar had everything going for him. After graduating in engineering … Read more
Zara Parwal, a Pune resident who shared pictures from her marriage to a Hindu man, to voice support for the Tanishq advertisement that landed in a controversy, has now filed an FIR with Pune Police over online harassment. The Tanishq ad was removed after severe backlash on social media. (Video grab: Twitter) Zara Parwal, a … Read more
Tanishq has removed its new advertisement from social media after certain sections, mostly Right Wing, accused the jewellery brand of promoting what they called ‘Love Jihad’ through the commercial video. #BoycottTanishq trended furiously on Twitter all throughout Monday after the advertisement of their new jewellery line, titled Ekatvam, was released to celebrate “unity in oneness”. … Read more