SC notice to Centre on plea against marriage laws forcing estranged couples to cohabit

Ojaswa Pathak and Mayank Gupta, students of Gujarat National Law University at Gandhinagar, had challenged the validity of section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA), Section 22 of the Special Marriage Act (SMA) and certain provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC). They empower courts to pass a decree of restitution of conjugal rights to an estranged couple.

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