Tag: marriage
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Cohabitation as a Legal Controversy in India
By Pratiksha Yadav, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Traditionally, in India, there existed only one kind of relationship between an unrelated male and female and that was “Marriage”. Marriage legally entitles both the persons involved, to co-habit; the children born out of a legal wedlock are legitimate; the wife is entitled to maintenance during the subsistence of marriage…
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From Sacrament to Contract – The Changing Nature of Hindu Marriages in India
By Sandhya Shyamsundar, WBNUJS, Kolkata. Marriage has been, since the ancient times, one of the most important social institutions. It implies the union of man and woman in body and soul. Sociologists have offered various definitions of marriage, among them being Malinowski’s i.e ‘a contract for the production and maintenance of children’ whereas according to Robert…
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Uniform Civil Code: Towards Gender Justice
By Dishari Chakrabarti, School of Law, KIIT University. Politics of our nation has become so ingrained in pacification with specific sections of the society that our fundamental right of free speech and expression cannot be protected by the State. As a consequence of this appeasement the level of tolerance has reduced and which resulted in complete disregard…