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The second wife of a deceased government employee filed an appeal to be eligible for his pension, but the Allahabad High Court dismissed it, citing the government employee's first marriage having been dissolved via compromise in accordance with Section 125 of the CrPC.
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Greece has become the 21st European country to allow same-sex marriage. While the law will make substantial advances, it falls short of granting complete equality to non-biological parents and fails to recognize identities beyond the gender binary. It does not make assisted reproductive technologies more accessible to same-sex couples, single men, transgender, and intersex people. It also fails to change a rule that prohibits transgender people from changing their children's names and genders on birth certificates.
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The procedure of marriage under Special Marriage Act starts with giving the intended marriage notice to the marriage officer, publishing the notice, tackling objections, solemnizing the marriage, obtaining the marriage certificate, and registering the marriage.
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On February 21, 2024, the Supreme Court noted that accepting such patriarchal standards undermines human dignity and that terminating a woman's services due to her marriage under a service regulation is a "coarse case" of gender discrimination and inequality.