Chandigarh : Live-in relationships are socially and morally not acceptable, the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently observed while declining to grant protection to a couple seeking protection of their life. The petitioner couple — a 19-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh and a 22-year-old man from Punjab — had movedContinue Reading
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has extended to live-in relationships a pro-choice right which only married women have enjoyed so far in law. The HC held that a provision under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, which currently doesn’t apply to live-in relationships, should be understood to be applicable also toContinue Reading
Kochi: Live-in relationship, divorce, remarriage and same-sex relation were the main subjects discussed at the recently concluded Synod on Family at Vatican, said Syro-Malabar Church head Cardinal Mar George Alencherry, who took part in the synod. “Such issues have become a major concern mainly in Europe. The Church is ofContinue Reading
