Justice B.P. Colabawalla Archives

Multiple marriage registrations by a Muslim male allowed under Maharashtra Regulation of Marriage Bureaus and Registration of Marriages Act, 1998: Bombay High Court

Section 7(1)(a) of the Maharashtra Regulation of Marriage Bureaus and Registration of Marriages Act, 1998 contemplates that the Registrar must ensure that the marriage between parties is performed in accordance with the personal law of the parties and under the personal laws for Muslims, they are entitled to have four wives at a time.

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay HC upholds validity of Regulation 10 of Institute of Actuaries of India (Admission as Member and Issuance of Certificate of Practice) Regulations, 2017

The Court opined that Regulation 10 permitted only Fellow Members to apply for Certificate of Practice because Fellow Members possessed higher qualifications than Associate Members by passing additional examinations and there is not only an intelligible differentia between Associate Members and Fellow Members but there is a rational nexus to the object sought to be achieved by the said classification.