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GS-2Polity · 04 Aug 2026
SC Judgment on Section 498A & Live-in Relationships
4 August 2026 ko Supreme Court ne cruelty ki protection ko formal marriage ke pinjre se bahar nikala — live-in relationships tak, us shart par ki dono mein shaadi ka iraada ho. Part 1 saat layers mein Prelims ka base banata hai: 498A se BNS 85/86 tak, Article 14 ka reasonable classification test, literal versus purposive interpretation, PWDVA ka civil roop, Indra Sarma ke features, naya intent-to-marry filter, aur void versus voidable. Part 2 teen Mains themes hai — judicial activism, badalte parivaar, aur criminal law ka vistaar — plus Article 14 ke formal se substantive equality tak ke safar par ek meta-theme.