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  1. How the MP High Court's Take on the Special Marriage Act Erodes Essential Rights

    Why the high court extensively discussed rules regarding the validity of a couple's prospective marriage under the Muslim personal law, when it was not applicable, is inscrutable.

    #MadhyaPradesh #MadhyaPradeshHC #SpecialMarriageAct #MuslimPersonalLaw #InterfaithMarrriage #IndianMuslims #india

    thewire.in/law/madhya-pradesh-

  2. Hindu-Muslim Marriage Invalid Under Muslim Personal Law: Madhya Pradesh HC

    The court rejected the plea of an inter-faith couple who sought protection to appear before the Marriage Officer to register their marriage under the Special Marriage Act.

    #MadhyaPradeshHC #InterfaithMarriage #SpecialMarriageAct #MuslimPersonalLaw #InterfaithLove #india

    thewire.in/law/hindu-muslim-ma

  3. UP: Woman cop wishing to marry Muslim man transferred

    A 34-year-old woman sub-inspector in UP, posted in Bareilly’s Subhash Nagar police station, was “transferred” to Sambhal district on Wednesday, purportedly after her family raised strong objections to her wish to marry a 31-year-old Muslim man.

    #UttarPradesh #UPPolice #bareilly #InterfaithLove #InterfaithMarriage #SpecialMarriageAct #RightToLove #HumanRights #muslims #hindutva #india

    timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ci

  4. Meet The #Judges Sitting For The #SupremeCourt #SameSexMarriage #Hearing

    The #petitioners seeking to move the #court for a broader interpretation of #marriage have challenged legislation governing it. The petitioners are challenging the #HinduMarriageAct, the #SpecialMarriageAct, the #ForeignMarriageAct, and the #CitizenshipAct for a more liberal reading of these #statutes to give same-sex marriages the same status #heterosexual #marriages enjoy in #India.

    shethepeople.tv/news/supreme-c

  5. #Indian #SupremeCourt to examine if #samesex #weddings can be permitted under #SpecialMarriageAct, but will steer clear of #personallaws

    It is better to proceed incrementally than to try and deal with it all together, the five-judge Constitution bench said. Significantly, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud also underlined that the very concept of a #man or #woman is not "absolute".

    indianexpress.com/article/indi

  6. Love, Sex & ‘Chosen’ Family: Inside India’s Battle For The Right to Marry A Partner Of The Same Sex

    As the Narendra Modi government defines marriage as ‘between biological man & biological woman’ & refers to the institution using phrases such as ‘age-old customs’, ‘societal values’, ‘holy union’ and ‘sanskar’, we talk to the people and examine the petitions before the Supreme Court, which must now decide on the ‘seminal’ issue of same-sex marriage.

    #SameSexMarriage #LGBT #LGBTQIA #queer #law #SupremeCourt #DelhiHC #HinduMarriageAct #SpecialMarriageAct #ForeignMarriageAct #UnionGovt #homophobia #queerphobia #bigotry #india

    article-14.com/post/love-sex-c