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Hindu Marriage: A Sacred Union, Not a Contract, Says Legal Perspective

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Hindu Marriage: A Sacred Union, Not a Contract Marriage in Hindu law has always been more than a civil contract. It is a sacrament, or sanskara, a sacred union designed for the fulfillment of religious and moral duties. The Bombay High Court as early as 1908 recognized marriage among Hindus as a sanskara a purifying…

Chhattisgarh High Court Rules Hindu Inheritance Before 1956 Governed by Mitakshara Law

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The High Court of Chhattisgarh has dismissed a second appeal filed by the legal representative of the late Smt. Ragmania, upholding earlier rulings that denied her claim over ancestral property in Surguja district. Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas delivered the judgment in Second Appeal No. 178 of 2014, reaffirming that since the plaintiff’s father, Sudhin, died…