The Jammu & Kashmir High Court dismissed a father's habeas corpus petition seeking the tracing of his 20-year-old daughter after she confirmed that she had married a person of her choice voluntarily. The court held that an adult cannot be compelled to live with a parent or any other person against her wishes in the absence of illegal detention.
Read Full ArticleTelangana HC quashes SC/ST Act case in marital dispute, ruling caste abuse at home doesn’t qualify—Act applies only in ‘public view’.
The Supreme Court commuted a death sentence to 20 years imprisonment for a man who killed his pregnant daughter over an inter-caste marriage in 2013.
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