polygamy

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Centre regarding a petition seeking to ban polygamy. The petition demands compulsory registration of Muslim marriages and divorces with State authorities to prevent secret subsequent marriages.

Madhya Pradesh is implementing changes to its Uniform Civil Code, banning polygamy and nikah halala, and requiring mandatory registration for live-in relationships. The reforms address marriage, divorce, inheritance, and cohabitation rules.

The Madhya Pradesh Assembly passed a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill that criminalizes polygamy and nikah halala, and mandates registration of live-in relationships. The bill was passed amid protests from the Congress party, which raised slogans during the proceedings.

The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has approved a draft bill proposing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) to be presented in the State Assembly. The bill aims to ban polygamy and multiple marriages for all communities and criminalize practices like nikah halala.

The Assam government plans to dismiss employees practicing polygamy by amending the 1964 service rules, as announced by Finance Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah in his Budget speech.

Samuel Bateman, a polygamous sect leader, was convicted of three counts of child abuse after three girls aged 11 to 14 were found in an unventilated trailer he was hauling through Arizona in August 2022. Bateman, who was already serving a federal sentence for orchestrating child sex acts, claimed during the trial that he believed the girls had exited the trailer when they stopped, but prosecutors argued the conditions were dangerously unsafe.