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Supreme Court rules maternity leave is a fundamental right linked to dignity and equality, striking down the two-child norm in a landmark women’s rights case.
Jharkhand High Court rules that hiding a pre-marital live-in relationship amounts to fraud under the Hindu Marriage Act and upholds marriage annulment with ₹50 lakh alimony.
Orissa High Court ruled that a wife’s rights as a Class-I heir under the Hindu Succession Act prevail over bank nomination, holding nominees act only as trustees.
Supreme Court rulings clarify that daughters alive on September 9, 2005 have equal coparcenary rights in HUF ancestral property, ensuring gender equality in inheritance law.
Madras High Court grants wife-like legal protection to women in live-in relationships by invoking the ancient Hindu concept of Gandharva marriage.