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    The Indian Christian Marriage Act of 1872 is an act of the Parliament of India regulating the legal marriage of Indian Christians. It was enacted on 18...
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  • regulated by the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872. Christian personal law is not applicable in Goa; instead, the Goa civil code (also called the Goa Family...
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    Muslim personal law The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 Dowry system in India Interfaith marriage White wedding (Christian) Islamic marital practices...
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    The Special Marriage Act, 1954 replaced the old Act III, 1872. The new enactment had three major objectives: To provide a special form of marriage in...
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  • Retrieved 17 September 2017. "Extraordinary Gazette entry; The Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Act, 2017. Vishakapatnam, Andra Pradesh" (PDF). Egazette...
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  • benefits. The following acts cover India's marriage laws: The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 (ICMA): regulates the marriage and divorce of Indian Christians...
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  • attempted to shift the personal laws to the realm of civil. The Indian Marriage Act 1864 had procedures and reforms solely for Christian marriages. There were...
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  • Allan de Noronha (category Use Indian English from October 2015)
    for Dalit Christians. The marriage of Christians in India was regulated by the Indian Christian Marriage Act 1872 and the Indian Divorce Act 1869. These...
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  • Wills Act 1872 – Code of Criminal Procedure (revised) 1872Indian Contract Act 1872Indian Evidence Act 1872 – Special Marriages Act 1872 – Punjab...
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    percent of the population as of the 2011 census. The written records of Saint Thomas Christians mention that Christianity was introduced to the Indian subcontinent...
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  • Ali Afridi. Indian Evidence Act Indian Contract Act Indian Christian Marriage Act Naturalisation Act (British statute) Civil Marriage Act 14 April – Abdullah...
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    The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which introduced same-sex marriage in England and Wales...
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    Women in India (redirect from Indian women)
    1860 Christian Marriage Act, 1872 Indian Evidence Act, 1872 Married Women's Property Act, 1874 Workmen's compensation Act, 1923 Indian Successions Act, 1925...
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  • prenup. These agreements may come under the Indian Contract Act of 1872. Section 10 of the Indian Contract Act states that agreements are to be considered...
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    with Indian social issues, used figures from the 1931 census to support her misguided claim that such marriages were not in decline and that the act had...
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  • Timeline of Adi Dharm (category Use Indian English from December 2022)
    Act III of 1872 to enable marriages between Brahmos and thereby recognising the Brahmo religion by State. From 1872 to 1873 Debendranath Tagore (the Maharshi)...
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  • the Indian Christians, Indian Zoroastrians and others with their own personal laws, such as the Indian Succession Act of 1850, Special Marriage Act of...
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  • Brahmo Samaj (category Use Indian English from June 2016)
    Indians resented the requirement of the affirmation "I am not Hindu, nor a Mussalman, nor a Christian" for solemnising a marriage under this Act. The...
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    Supreme Court as well. The main contract law in India is codified in the Indian Contract Act, which came into effect on 1 September 1872 and extends to all...
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    Interracial marriage is a marriage involving spouses who belong to different races or racialized ethnicities. In the past, such marriages were outlawed in the United...
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    Supriyo v. Union of India (category Same-sex marriage in Asia)
    such as the Christian Marriage Act of 1872, the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act of 1936, the Special Marriage Act, the Hindu Marriage Act and the Foreign...
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  • brides in Muslim-Hindu marriages convert, while other couples choose a civil marriage under the Special Marriage Act of 1954. Marriage between Muslim women...
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    Birsa Munda (category Use Indian English from October 2017)
    constituted into protected forests under the Indian Forest Act VII of 1882. In West Singhbhum as in Lohardaga, the forest settlement operations were launched...
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  • Adi Dharm (category Indian independence movement)
    as Act III of 1872 to enable marriages between Brahmos and thereby recognising the Brahmo religion by State. In 1872/1873 Debendranath Tagore (the Maharshi)...
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    civil partnerships in the United Kingdom the rights and responsibilities very similar to those in civil marriage. Initially the Act permitted only same-sex...
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    listed on the Osage rolls at the time of the Osage Allotment Act of 1906. A minimum blood quantum is not required. But, as the Bureau of Indian Affairs...
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    Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act; the law repealed the Defense of Marriage Act, which Biden had voted for during his Senate tenure. The 2016 Democratic...
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    The Buggery Act 1533, formally An Acte for the punishment of the vice of Buggerie (25 Hen. 8. c. 6), was an Act of the Parliament of England that was passed...
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    Sema, JJ. Issue: Evidence Act, 1872 – Section 113B; Criminal Law (Second Amendment) Act, 1983; Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961; Indian Penal Code, 1860 – Sections...
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    based on this act. However, it divided the electorate into 19 religious and social categories, e.g., Muslims, Sikhs, Indian Christians, Depressed Classes...
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