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    Marriage/Divorce/Maintenance

    Marriage
    No. of Report Title of Report Year of Submission View Report
    15 Law relating to Marriage and Divorce amongst Christians in India 1960 Accessible_(PDF 7.18MB)
    18 Converts’ Marriage Dissolution Act, 1866 1961 Accessible_(PDF 1.77MB)
    22 Christian marriage and matrimonial Causes, Bill, 1961 1961 Accessible_(PDF 876KB)
    23 Law of Foreign Marriages 1962 Accessible_(PDF 1.48MB)
    59 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and Special Marriage Act, 1954 1974 Accessible_(PDF 4.46MB)
    81 Hindu Widows Re-marriage Act, 1856 1979 Accessible_(PDF 2.27MB) |Accessible_Hindi(PDF 4.43MB)
    91(*PART) Dowry deaths and law reform: Amending the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 1983 Accessible_(PDF 1.46MB) |Accessible_Hindi(PDF 1.13MB)
    205 Proposal to Amend the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 and other alied Laws Accessible_(PDF 371KB) |Accessible_Hindi(PDF 2.33MB)
    211 Laws on Registration of Marriage and Divorce –A Proposal for Consolidation and Reform 2008 Accessible_(PDF 212KB) |Accessible_Hindi(PDF 1.52MB)
    212 Laws of Civil Marriages in India – A Proposal to Resolve Certain Conflicts 2008 Accessible_(PDF 174KB) |Accessible_Hindi(PDF 1.30MB)
    227 Preventing Bigamy via Conversion to Islam – A Proposal for giving Statutory Effect to Supreme Court Rulings 2009 Accessible_(PDF 229KB) |Accessible_Hindi(PDF 268KB)
    242 Prevention of Interference with the freedom of Matrimonial Alliances 2012 (in the name of Honour and Tradition ) : A suggested legal framework 2012 Accessible_(PDF 6.11MB) |Accessible_Hindi(PDF 5.21MB)
    252 Right of the Hindu Wife to Maintenance: A relook at Section 18 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 2015 Accessible_(PDF 9.10MB) |Accessible_Hindi(PDF 7.22MB)
    270 Compulsory Registration of Marriage 2017 Accessible_(PDF 833KB) |Accessible_Hindi(PDF 340KB)
    Divorce
    No. of Report Title of Report Year of Submission View Report
    65 Recognition of Foreign Divorces 1967 Accessible_(PDF 8.06MB) |Accessible_Hindi_Part_I(PDF 7.50MB) |Accessible_Hindi_Part_II(PDF 6.08MB)
    71 The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 – Irretrievable breakdown of marriage as a ground of divorce 1978 Accessible_(PDF 1.58MB) |Accessible_Hindi(PDF 2.29MB)
    90 The Grounds of Divorce amongst Christians in India : Section 10 of the Indian Divorce Act, 1869 1983 Accessible_(PDF 2.28MB) |Accessible_Hindi(PDF 2.14MB)
    164 The Indian Divorce Act, 1869 (Act IV of 1869) 1998 Accessible_(PDF 1.70MB) |Accessible_Hindi(PDF 1.86MB)
    217 Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage – Another Ground for Divorce 2009 Accessible_(PDF 265KB) |Accessible_Hindi(PDF 1.04MB)
    224 Amendment of Section 2 of the Divorce Act 1869 Enabling Non-domiciled Estranged Christian Wives to seek Divorce 2009 Accessible_(PDF 251KB) |Accessible_Hindi(PDF 893KB)
    Maintenance
    No. of Report Title of Report Year of Submission View Report
    73 Criminal liability for failure by Husband to pay maintenance or permanent alimony granted to the wife By the court under certain enactments or rules of law 1978 Accessible_(PDF 1.46MB) |Accessible_Hindi(PDF 1.80MB)
    98 Sections 24 to 26, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: Orders for interim maintenance and orders for the maintenance of children in matrimonial proceedings 1984 Accessible_(PDF 1.28MB) |Accessible_Hindi(PDF 1.65MB)
    265 Prospects of Exempting Income arising out of Maintenance Money of ‘Minor’ 2017 Accessible_(PDF 737KB) |Accessible_Hindi(PDF 276KB)