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Country’s First UCC Bill Tabled: To Live-In Or Not To Live-In? Understanding Its Constitutional Challenge

Snehashish RoyFebruary 7, 20240

The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill was introduced in the Uttarakhand Assembly on Tuesday, which has raised concerns about privacy and personal liberty. The Bill looks to equate heterosexual live-in relationships to the status of marriage. The proposed Code defines live-in relationships as a “relationship between a man and a woman” who “cohabit in a shared household through a relationship like marriage, provided that such relations are not prohibited.” The Bill requires partners to notify the “Registrar” within a month of entering into a live-in relationship or terminating one. A jail term of up to three months is prescribed for not registering a live-in relationship. In case of failing to produce a certificate of live-in relationship, a term of six months is prescribed on conviction....

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Supreme Court Opposes Different Abortion Limits For Unmarried Women; Read Here!

Arpita SarkarAugust 24, 20220

A woman whose live-in relationship has ended should be given the same right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy as a widow or divorced woman, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday, indicating that it would interpret the law to include "unmarried women" or "single women" under provisions that allow abortions up to 24 weeks. The court made the observations while hearing a plea by a 25-year-old woman who challenged the 20-week minimum limit under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971, which applies to unmarried women seeking termination of pregnancy. The woman said she was abandoned by her partner. A bench observed, "Going by the legislative intent, a widow has lost the support of her life partner and in divorce too, there is loss of support from a life partner. This logic wil

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Children Of Live-In Couples Also Entitle To Ancestral Property: Supreme Court

Arpita SarkarJune 15, 20220

A special judgment of the Supreme Court on couples living in a live-in has been instructed. If a couple has children while in a live-in relationship, they cannot be deprived of their ancestral property rights. The country's top court has given such instructions. The Kerala High Court ruled that the law was in favor of marriage and against the concubine. Rejecting the verdict, the high court said that if a man and a woman live together for a long time, their children will get ancestral rights. A bench of Justice S Abdul Nazir and Justice Vikram Nath said, "If a man and a woman live together as husband and wife for many years, they will be considered bound by marriage." In 2009, the lower court's verdict was overturned by the Kerala High Court. The lower court granted the petiti...