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Kerala Woman Dies By Suicide, Accuses Lover Of Harassment, Conversion
Death note, recovered by police, accuses Ramees of physical and mental harassment, locking her in a room, and forcing her to convert before marriage.
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2-Month Gap Between Case, Arrest In Marriage Cruelty Cases To Stay: Top Court
The Allahabad High Court guidelines that advise going slow with arrest in cases involving matrimonial disputes will stay, the Supreme Court said today while hearing a case where the husband and his father had spent months in jail after the wife filed
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Karnataka Man Alleges Wife Forced Him To Convert After Marriage, Case Filed
A man in Karnataka's Gadag district has alleged that he was forced to convert by his wife after their marriage.
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"Today's Morality Different": Top Court On Rape Cases After Marriage Promise
A failed romantic relationship need not always mean sexual relations were forced on either party, the Supreme Court noted Wednesday as it heard a plea by a man to quash rape charges levelled by his former betrothed.
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US Lags Behind In Fight Against Child Marriage: 300,000 Cases Since 2000
Despite global focus on South Asia and Africa, child marriage remains legal in 37 US states, with over 300,000 cases reported since 2000.
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Case Against Mumbai Man For Raping Woman, Forcing Abortion: Cops
Police have registered an FIR against a man from Navi Mumbai for allegedly raping a woman under the pretext of marriage and forcing her to terminate her pregnancy, an official said on Sunday.
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Army Nurse Was Fired Over Marriage, She Will Now Get Rs 60 Lakh In Damages
Terminating a woman's employment on the grounds of marriage was "coarse case of gender discrimination" and any law based on a gender bias is "constitutionally impermissible", the Supreme Court has said
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Jharkhand Court Protects Woman From Forced Marriage To Man Double Her Age
The High Court of Jharkhand on Tuesday came to the rescue of a 26-year-old woman whose relatives allegedly want to marry her off to someone double her age as they are opposed to her relationship with a man of another religion.
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Hindu Girl, 13, Allegedly Kidnapped In Pakistan's Sindh: Report
A 13-year-old girl belonging to the Hindu community in Pakistan's Sindh province has reportedly been abducted last week while she was returning from the market.
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Sikh Woman Forcibly Married To Muslim In Pakistan, Protests Erupt: Report
Members of Pakistan's minority Sikh community staged a protest in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday against police inaction in a case involving the forcible marriage of a Sikh woman to a Muslim man.
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Blame Game Ends As No-Fault Divorce Law Comes Into Force In England
No more faked evidence or years-long waits -- from Wednesday, unhappy spouses in England and Wales can end their marriages without blaming each other, in the biggest reform of divorce law for half a century.
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Father Of UP Man Who Died In Custody Cries Foul On Letter Absolving Cops
The man, Altaf, had been brought to the police station on Monday evening for questioning in a case filed last week linked to the "kidnapping of a woman and forced marriage" where he allegedly died by suicide.
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Rape-Accused Delhi Doctor Gets Bail, Court Says "Not Case Of Sex Assault"
Delhi High Court has granted bail to a doctor of Safdarjung Hospital, accused of raping a woman on the promise of marriage, on the ground that it was "not a case of forceful sexual assault".
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Tearful Couples In Australia Cancel Weddings Over Coronavirus Pandemic
A cluster of 35 coronavirus cases linked to a marriage ceremony near Sydney and new government measures have hit Australia's multi-billion-dollar wedding industry and forced many tearful couples to cancel the big day.
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He Wept Through Wedding. Now, Bihar Court Declares Marriage Void
The groom was dragged to the "mandap" and he wept through his wedding in a video from Bihar that went viral in December 2017. Vinod Kumar's wedding-at-gunpoint has now been annulled by a family court in Patna.
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Kerala Woman Dies By Suicide, Accuses Lover Of Harassment, Conversion
Death note, recovered by police, accuses Ramees of physical and mental harassment, locking her in a room, and forcing her to convert before marriage.
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2-Month Gap Between Case, Arrest In Marriage Cruelty Cases To Stay: Top Court
The Allahabad High Court guidelines that advise going slow with arrest in cases involving matrimonial disputes will stay, the Supreme Court said today while hearing a case where the husband and his father had spent months in jail after the wife filed
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Karnataka Man Alleges Wife Forced Him To Convert After Marriage, Case Filed
A man in Karnataka's Gadag district has alleged that he was forced to convert by his wife after their marriage.
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"Today's Morality Different": Top Court On Rape Cases After Marriage Promise
A failed romantic relationship need not always mean sexual relations were forced on either party, the Supreme Court noted Wednesday as it heard a plea by a man to quash rape charges levelled by his former betrothed.
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US Lags Behind In Fight Against Child Marriage: 300,000 Cases Since 2000
Despite global focus on South Asia and Africa, child marriage remains legal in 37 US states, with over 300,000 cases reported since 2000.
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Case Against Mumbai Man For Raping Woman, Forcing Abortion: Cops
Police have registered an FIR against a man from Navi Mumbai for allegedly raping a woman under the pretext of marriage and forcing her to terminate her pregnancy, an official said on Sunday.
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Army Nurse Was Fired Over Marriage, She Will Now Get Rs 60 Lakh In Damages
Terminating a woman's employment on the grounds of marriage was "coarse case of gender discrimination" and any law based on a gender bias is "constitutionally impermissible", the Supreme Court has said
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Jharkhand Court Protects Woman From Forced Marriage To Man Double Her Age
The High Court of Jharkhand on Tuesday came to the rescue of a 26-year-old woman whose relatives allegedly want to marry her off to someone double her age as they are opposed to her relationship with a man of another religion.
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Hindu Girl, 13, Allegedly Kidnapped In Pakistan's Sindh: Report
A 13-year-old girl belonging to the Hindu community in Pakistan's Sindh province has reportedly been abducted last week while she was returning from the market.
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Sikh Woman Forcibly Married To Muslim In Pakistan, Protests Erupt: Report
Members of Pakistan's minority Sikh community staged a protest in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday against police inaction in a case involving the forcible marriage of a Sikh woman to a Muslim man.
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Blame Game Ends As No-Fault Divorce Law Comes Into Force In England
No more faked evidence or years-long waits -- from Wednesday, unhappy spouses in England and Wales can end their marriages without blaming each other, in the biggest reform of divorce law for half a century.
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Father Of UP Man Who Died In Custody Cries Foul On Letter Absolving Cops
The man, Altaf, had been brought to the police station on Monday evening for questioning in a case filed last week linked to the "kidnapping of a woman and forced marriage" where he allegedly died by suicide.
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Rape-Accused Delhi Doctor Gets Bail, Court Says "Not Case Of Sex Assault"
Delhi High Court has granted bail to a doctor of Safdarjung Hospital, accused of raping a woman on the promise of marriage, on the ground that it was "not a case of forceful sexual assault".
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Tearful Couples In Australia Cancel Weddings Over Coronavirus Pandemic
A cluster of 35 coronavirus cases linked to a marriage ceremony near Sydney and new government measures have hit Australia's multi-billion-dollar wedding industry and forced many tearful couples to cancel the big day.
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He Wept Through Wedding. Now, Bihar Court Declares Marriage Void
The groom was dragged to the "mandap" and he wept through his wedding in a video from Bihar that went viral in December 2017. Vinod Kumar's wedding-at-gunpoint has now been annulled by a family court in Patna.
