The Supreme Court on Friday held that personal laws and traditions cannot prevail ... The Supreme Court bench, led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, said marriages involving children ...

“Whether it is freedom of expression, personal freedom or social justice ... India's economic policies today would form the basis of tomorrow’s bright India and that the laws being made today would ...

In India, special courts for tribal communities ... adoption and inheritance based on their own personal laws and customs. At the court which Mr Jonko visits, there is no lawyer or judge.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices ... would prevail over personal laws was pending with the Parliament for consideration. The Centre had urged the ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it clear that it will not go into the personal laws governing marriages while deciding the pleas seeking legal validation for same-sex marriages and asked the ...

The Supreme Court has issued guidelines for implementing the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA), 2006, and declared it will override all personal laws. The court emphasized the need for ...

The Supreme Court on Friday said that the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act cannot be allowed to be stunted by practices under personal law, reported The Times of India. Personal laws in India are ...

The Supreme Court of India gave a verdict on Child Marriage stating that any personal law of a religion can not be prioritised over the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA). A bench led by ...

The Bombay High Court ruled that a Muslim man can register multiple marriages as permitted by personal laws. The court directed Thane Municipal Corporation to decide on a man's application to ...

“The general intention from Europe is to help India—but without disrupting the law, which is considerably more stringent ...