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Anchal, an M.A. student and a resident of Igra village, Jind district, posted a video on social media satirising khap panchayats, the powerful but unelected community bodies dominated by elderly men from landowning communities in Haryana. Imagining what a “Gen Z panchayat” might look like, she suggests in the video that elderly men face restrictions…
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The story so far: In Dr Lokesh B.H. & Ors v. State of Karnataka & Anr, decided on August 3, 2026, the Supreme Court considered whether Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) could apply to a man in a live-in relationship and whether the expression “husband” under the section is confined to a…
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Prayagraj: Although live-in relationships have no social sanction, the youths’ attraction to it demands there must be devised some framework or solution to save “moral values” of the society, the Allahabad High Court has observed. Justice Nalin Kumar Srivastava made the observation while granting bail to Varanasi-based Akash Keshari, who was booked under various sections…
The court said marriage is entering into a relationship that has public significance as well. Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that granting protection to married people who want to be in live-in relationships with their partners would amount to encouraging “wrongdoers” and promoting the practice of bigamy. A bench of Justice…
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Live-In Relationships: The man was accused of rape by his live-in-partner (Representational) New Delhi/Allahabad: Referring to live-in relationships, Allahabad High Court earlier this week observed that a “systematic design is working to destroy the institution of marriage in India.” The high court made the observation while granting bail to a man accused of raping his…