The Supreme Court has sought the Central government's response on a plea seeking "gender and religion-neutral uniform grounds of maintenance and alimony" for all Indian citizens in the spirit of Articles 14, 15, 21, 44 of the Constitution and international conventions.
The Court has given progressive judgments on women’s property rights. While some ensured equal rights to daughters even when the father had died, others saw to it that married women were not left in the lurch due to desertion.
In a laudable judgment, the Bombay High Court waived the six months’ cooling-off period under the Hindu Marriage Act as the woman was pregnant by another man.
In a notable judgment delivered today, the Supreme Court laid down guidelines for determining the quantum of interim maintenance to be awarded during the pendency of matrimonial matters.
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The Supreme Court has agreed to examine whether certain provisions of the Special Marriage Act of 1954, which allows personal records to be made available to the public for scrutiny 30 days prior to the intended marriage, violate the right to privacy of the parties.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the central government, submitted: “This is contrary to the provisions already in place. Our society does not accept same-sex marriage.”
A plea has been moved before the Supreme Court challenging few provisions of the Special Marriage Act for being violative of fundamental rights of the citizens.