Age of Consent in India
Currently, the age of consent in India for personal laws, is eighteen years for females and twenty-one years for male. Government is also proposing to increase the age of consent…
Currently, the age of consent in India for personal laws, is eighteen years for females and twenty-one years for male. Government is also proposing to increase the age of consent…
The word Child Marriage is itself contradictory in itself as one would wonder how marriage and child could go together.
The question of the custody of the minor girl bride to the husband naturally linked to another question as to whether a minor can be said to have reached the…
As per Section 11 of the Hindu Marriage Act, any marriage solemnized in violation of Clause (i) (already having spouse); (iv)(relationship under prohibited degree) and (v) (sapindas) of section 5…
To trace the history of the child marriages, we have to state that until the introduction of the “Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929” child marriages were prevalent in India in…
Before ‘Prohibition of child marriage act, 2006’, there was ‘child marriage restraint act, 1929’, which was enacted to prevent child marriages but it failed because there was no provision in…
Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 To trace the history of the child marriages, we have to state that until the introduction of the “Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929” child marriages…
At present in India, Personal laws are applicable to the personal matters of parties like succession, inheritance, marriage, guardianship, divorce and on other custom and usages. Hindu personal law has…
Essential– The settled principles relating to the question of waqf are that the property dedicated by way of waqf must belong to the waqf or the dedicator at the time…
Islam allows a man to marry four times, however, it further cautions that a man should marry if he can do justice among his wives. A question arose in the…