55-year-old Ramlal Munda and 45-year-old Sohodari Devi have lived together for 22 long years as a couple. But, impoverished as they are, going through actual marriage ritual, which would establish their legal bonafides in their tribal community has not been possible for them, as also for many others. With the 5-month-old witness,[Read More…]
Tag: Live-in relationship
SC declares consensual sex between live-in partners not rape if man fails to marry woman
While quashing an FIR lodged by a Maharashtra-based nurse against a doctor, who were in a live-in relationship “for quite some time”, the Supreme Court declared that consensual sex between the partners leading live-in relationship does not amount to rape in case the man fails to marry the woman due to[Read More…]
Couples in live-in relationship can now adopt child
Overturning its previous rule, Child Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has now allowed the individuals in a live-in relationship to adopt children from and within India, provided, the couple needs to be financially, physically and mentally fit to raise a child. As reported by a national publication The Hindu, the decision[Read More…]