Posted on 06/20/2013 6:36:05 AM PDT by Olog-hai
If an unmarried couple have sex, they are considered husband and wife—and would have to “divorce” if they split, an Indian court has ruled.
When two people of legal age, 18 for a woman and 21 for a man, “indulge in sexual gratification”, this should be seen as a “an act of total commitment” and marriage by law, a judge at Madras High Court said. The court said that the registering of a marriage as well as a wedding ceremony were only formalities to gain society’s approval. It also said that once two people have sex, this “becomes a total commitment with adherence to all consequences that may follow”, including needing a decree of divorce should they want to sleep with someone else. …
The verdict came in a spousal maintenance case where a lower court had ruled that a woman was not entitled to maintenance from the father of her two children as there was no proof of their marriage. Justice C.S. Karnan ruled that legal documents proving the couple’s life as spouses were more important than proof of marriage. …
Actually, in OT times they didn’t really have what we would call a wedding. It basically consisted of the father leading his daughter publicly through town and handing her over to the husband. Not much in way of ceremony.
So what they are saying is that Bill Clinton has been married to half the women in Arkansas..??..
Bad news, dude
There usually was a major party for weddings that lasted about a week. But it was not necessary, just a lot of fun. In fact after the betrothal the couple was considered married but they usually did not live together until after the wedding feast.
Well gosh.
I have to disagree with people on this thread, absolutely insane backward ruling that far over steps proper government power.
Power of which government?
Its a completely impractical idea. it cant possibly work.
It does show that you can have extreme activist judges on opposite side of sexual/reproductive libertarianism (ie so-libs) that can create havoc.
Cool.....I now have 12 wives!
“...I now have 12 wives!...”
Brother, ONE is enough... good lord...
LOL!
(no kidding)
Just picture 12 - count ‘em, TWELVE(!!!!!) - rounds of PMS EVERY MONTH, brother... not to mention PRE-PMs, POST-PMS, and all points in between... Brrr....
That alone should clear up ANY fantasy images!!!
O U C H
You know I’m right.... :^)
I know! I know!
Sheeeesh......
Cycles tend to synchronize with women living together, so it wouldn’t be 12 rounds, it would be 1, but with 12 times the intensity.
“...would be 1, but with 12 times the intensity...”
So it would be Psycho/Emo/Rage on Steroids...
I’ll stick with one... I can run to my Man Cave, blast the hell outta zombies for a week, have a few beers, and then it’s over for 20 or days.
Life is good when there’s somewhere to run to...
I'm completely in favor of marriage and hope to have one myself but way too many people around here seem to like the idea of making "fornication" a crime to be enforced by that incompetent government we all hate. Forget "impractical", that's just plain kookoo.
SOL: A better idea is to discourage opposite sex couples from pro-creation without marriage and vice versa. And no same sex parents.
Word.
Sometimes it's one too many.
I really don’t know much about precedent in Indian High Court rulings, but I suspect this would only apply in Tamil Nadu since it was a Madras High Court. Anyway, neither here nor there, most Indians consider TN to be very conservative.
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