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The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010 to amend the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and the Special Marriage Act, 1954 to making divorce easier on the grounds of irretrievable breakdown of marriage, was introduced in the parliament in 2012. The Bill replaces the words "not earlier than six months" in Section 13B with the words "Upon receipt of a ...
All of these acts were put forth under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru, and were meant to codify and standardise the prevailing Hindu legal tradition. The Adoptions and Maintenance Act of 1956 dealt specifically with the legal process of adopting children by a Hindu adult, and with the legal obligations of a Hindu to provide "maintenance" to ...
Stridhana is a term associated with property in Hindu Law. Whether property is stridhan, or a woman’s estate, depends on the source from which it has been obtained. A woman has inalienable rights over stridhan, and she can claim the same even after separation from her husband. [1]
The Marriage Laws Amendment Bill is a Bill that was first introduced in the Indian Parliament in 2010. 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 Hindu Personal Laws beginning with the creation of the Anglo-Hindu Law lead to widespread changes, controversies and civil suits in Hindu society across all strata and in monastic orders. Between 1860 and 1940, the issue of succession in the Anglo-Hindu Law led to legal issues of ownership and distribution of property in ascetic-run ...
Karmachakra (transl. Wheel of Fate) also known as Karmachakra: Episode Zero is an anime-influenced original mystery drama Indian animated film produced by Studio Durga. Billed as the first independent Indian anime production, [1] the project was first announced in 2017. [2] Production was completed in 2020.
The Hindu code bills were several laws passed in the 1950s that aimed to codify and reform Hindu personal law in India, abolishing religious law in favor of a common law code. The Indian National Congress government led by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru successfully implemented the reforms in 1950s.
Mohd. Ahmad Khan v. Shah Bano Begum [1985], [1] commonly referred to as the Shah Bano case, was a controversial maintenance lawsuit in India, in which the Supreme Court delivered a judgment favouring maintenance given to an aggrieved divorced Muslim woman.