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  2. Inter-caste marriages in India - Wikipedia

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    According to a survey, the education of the husband's mother has a significant effect on inter-caste marriages. The probability of inter-caste marriages was found to increase by 36% with a 10-year increase in education of the husband's mother. [10] [dubious – discuss] In a 2010 report, the National Commission for Women (NCW) documented 326 ...

  3. Special Marriage Act, 1954 - Wikipedia

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    The Special Marriage Act, 1954 is an act of the Parliament of India with provision for secular civil marriage (or "registered marriage") for people of India and all Indian nationals in foreign countries, irrelevant of the religion or faith followed (both for inter-religious couples and also for atheists and agnostics) by either party. [1]

  4. Inter-caste marriage - Wikipedia

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    Nepal has many castes and inter-caste marriage is generally considered taboo. However, this kind of marriage has been gradually gaining acceptance. In 1854, the Government of Nepal passed the "Muluki Ain" civil code commissioned by Jung Bahadur Rana. [4] [5] This law outlawed marriage between people of a lower caste with those of a higher caste ...

  5. The Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937 - Wikipedia

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    British rulers never tried to interfere with the customary marriage laws prevailing among different sects of the society. However, when people from various sects, who opposed the caste system and fed up with the deteriorating condition of the Hinduism, adopted concept of Arya Samaj and became Arya Samajis. Marriages took place between the Arya ...

  6. Jāti - Wikipedia

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    With the passage of the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955, inter-jati and inter-varna marriages (which together constitute what is colloquially referred to as "intercaste marriage") are now legally sanctioned in Hindu-majority India. [1] In practice, however, intercaste marriage remains rare and Indian society remains highly segregated along jati ...

  7. Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979 - Wikipedia

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    In addition to the general labour laws applicable to all workers, the interstate workers are entitled with equal or better wages for the similar nature & duration of work applicable for the local workmen or stipulated minimum wages under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 whichever is more,

  8. Recognition of same-sex unions in India - Wikipedia

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    The Registration of Marriages (Ladakh) Regulations, 2022, which provide for the compulsory registrations of all marriages performed in Ladakh, define marriage as "all marriages solemnised or contracted between a male and a female, irrespective of the religion or caste of either party to the marriage, and also includes marriages performed as per ...

  9. Government of Gujarat - Wikipedia

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    The Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat, in the state capital Gandhinagar. Presently, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member constituencies (seats). It has a term of 5 years unless it is dissolved sooner. 13 constituencies are ...