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It proposes changes to the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and Special Marriage Act, 1954. Both acts has a provision for divorce by mutual consensus of both the parties. The amendment of the marriage laws propose 'irretrievable breakdown' as an additional ground for seeking divorce. Under this provision any marriage party could file a petition for ...
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Section 7 of the Hindu Marriage Act recognises the ceremonies and customs of marriage. Hindu marriage may be solemnised in accordance with the customary rites and ceremonies of either party. Such rites and rituals include the Saptapadi—the taking of seven steps by the bridegroom and the bride jointly around the sacred fire. The marriage ...
Mulla Hindu Law is authored by Satyajeet A. Desai. It is a treatise on personal laws including marriage, divorce and inheritance governing Hindus. It was first published in 1912 by Dinshaw Mulla and later edited by Justice S. T. Desai. The current advancements giving daughters equal rights in their father's properties (coparcenary properties ...
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Hindu personal laws are the laws of the Hindus as they applied during the colonial period (British Raj) of India beginning from the Anglo-Hindu Law to the post-independent secular law. The British found neither a uniform canon administering law for the diverse communities of India nor a Pope or a Shankaracharya whose law or writ applied ...
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Bano was a 73-year-old woman who sought maintenance from her husband, Muhammad Ahmad Khan. He had divorced her after 40 years of marriage by triple Talaaq (saying "I divorce thee" three times) and denied her regular maintenance; this sort of unilateral divorce was permitted under the Muslim Personal Law. She was initially granted maintenance by ...