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Special Marriage Act, 1954 Challenge Dismissed

Special Marriage Act, 1954: The Supreme Court dismissed a writ petition challenging the Constitutional validity of certain provisions of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 under which couples seek refuge for inter-faith and inter-caste marriages. The petition challenged the Constitutional validity of certain provisions of the SMA, calling it violative of the right to privacy guaranteed […]

PAREKH

PAREKH: Union government is planning to set up a national regulator PAREKH (Performance Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development) for achieving a benchmark framework to assess students at the secondary and higher secondary level. PARAKH, is also part of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. PAREKH is a proposed regulator, which will […]