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Hindu son can divorce wife if she tries to separate him from aged parents
A Hindu son can divorce his wife for the cruelty of trying to pry him away from his “pious obligation” to live with his aged parents and provide shelter to them, the Supreme Court has held.
Odisha officer reveals her transgender identity
Over a year after the apex court recognized transgenders as third gender, a 32-year-old Odisha government gazetted officer on Monday made public her transgender identity.Bought up as a boy named Ratikanta Pradhan and currently serving in the Orissa Financial Service, she has decided to be identified as Aishwarya Rutuparna Pradhan.
‘Santa Banta’ jokes under Supreme Court scanner
The ‘Santa Banta’ jokes on Friday came under the lens of the Supreme Court which agreed to hear a PIL seeking direction to ban websites "which spread jokes portraying the sardar community as 'persons of low intellect, stupid and foolish'.
India bans foreigners from hiring surrogate mothers
Govt filed an affidavit before the apex court stating that"The government does not support commercial surrogacy...No foreigner can avail surrogacy services in India".It would be available "only for Indian couples".