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Interfaith marriage is controversial in some areas, especially disapproval of relationships between Hindus and Muslims. Advertisements and films depicting Hindu-Muslim relationships have attracted condemnation and legal action. [7] Hindu-Muslim couples have experienced harassment, including posting personal details on social media. [8]
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The Hindu Marriage Act (HMA) is an act of the Parliament of India enacted in 1955. Three other important acts were also enacted as part of the Hindu Code Bills during this time: the Hindu Succession Act (1956), the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act (1956), the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (1956).
In Hinduism, the four goals of life ( Purusarthas) are regarded to be righteousness ( dharma ), wealth ( artha ), pleasure ( kama ), and liberation ( moksha ). Marriage is considered to be necessary to fulfil these goals. The three goals of marriage include allowing a husband and a wife to fulfil their dharma, bearing progeny (praja), and ...
All the Muslims in India are governed by the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937. [ 1] This law deals with marriage, succession, inheritance and charities among Muslims. The Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 deals with the circumstances in which Muslim women can obtain divorce [ 2] and rights of Muslim women who have ...
Kuldip Singh. Sarla Mudgal v. Union Of India[ 1] is a Supreme Court of India case. Its judgement in 1995 laid down the principles against the practice of solemnizing second marriage by conversion to Islam, with first marriage not being dissolved. The verdict discusses issue of bigamy, the conflict between the personal laws existing on matters ...
Hinduism, also called sanatana dharma (eternal dharma), is an Indian religion and a way of life primarily practiced in the Indian subcontinent. [ 32] Hinduism is an umbrella-term for the fusion of several Indian religions and traditions. Hinduism does not have a founder or a site-of-origin.
The Manusmṛti ( Sanskrit: मनुस्मृति ), also known as the Mānava-Dharmaśāstra or the Laws of Manu, is one of the many legal texts and constitutions among the many Dharmaśāstras of Hinduism. [ 1][ 2] Over fifty manuscripts of the Manusmriti are now known, but the earliest discovered, most translated and presumed authentic ...
Muslim leaders and others oppose the Uniform Civil Code initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu Nationalist party saying it interferes with their own laws and customs on such issues ...