The Christian community in Punjab is calling for amendments to the Christian Family Laws vis a vis the Christian Marriage Act of 1872 and ... basis of Union Council certificate," shared lawyer ...

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari assented to “The Christian Marriage (Amendment) Act 2024,” increasing the minimum marriage age limit for members of the Christian faith from 13 and 16 to ...

The Christian Marriage Act of 2024 amended an 1872 British rule allowing marriage at 13 for girls and 16 for boys, raising the age to 18 for both genders. The law was approved amid incidents of ...

Weddings held at churches have to be verified by the government as a church ceremony alone is not recognised as proof of marriage for legal purposes. A marriage certificate from the government is ...

ISLAMABAD: Presi­dent Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday signed an amendment to the Christian Marriage Act, 1872, raising the minimum age of marriage for both males and females to 18 years. Since ...

The petitioner, V. Iyyappan, argued that V. Amutha Rani had married a Catholic in a Catholic parish following the stipulations of the Indian Christian Marriage Act and so had no legal right to claim ...

Chennai: The very legality of inter-faith marriages, involving a Hindu and a non-Hindu, will come under a cloud unless they are registered under Special Marriage Act, 1954, said Madras high court.