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Polygamy: Since India does not have a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) applicable to the entire nation, matters of marriage, divorce and succession are governed by personal laws based on religious identity.

Explained: How polygamy is regulated in India, from personal laws to state bans

December 01, 2025 6:40 pm

Assam recently became the second Indian state to pass a Bill for banning polygamy. Despite the criminalisation of polygamy under the BNS, there are variations in how the law treats the practice across the country.

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Assam Assembly passes anti-polygamy bill; CM Himanta Sarma says ‘not against Islam’

November 27, 2025 7:46 pm

Assam Polygamy Ban Bill: The Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill 2025 was tabled on the first day of the winter session of the Assam Legislative Assembly.

One bride, two grooms: The story of Himachal’s Hattis and the tradition of polyandry

August 04, 2025 2:30 pm

Once widespread across the remote hills of Himachal Pradesh, polyandry was a practical solution to preserve undivided ancestral land and foster cooperation in joint families. Today, it survives discreetly among members of the Hatti community, where tradition and survival remain deeply intertwined.

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‘Himachal Pradesh polyandry’: This is not a news. It is Savarna gaze

July 23, 2025 6:17 pm

Unlike the caste society, different tribal groups practice multiple forms of marriage, and often they are connected to preserving natural resources, either for the clan or for the family

US Polygamist leader with 20 'wives' faces sentencing for criminal sex acts with children

December 10, 2024 12:45 am

Samuel Bateman, whose small group was an offshoot of the sect once led by Warren Jeffs, has pleaded guilty to a yearslong scheme to transport girls across state lines for his sex crimes, and later to kidnap some of them from protective custody.

Kalki Koechlin on having sex again after childbirth.

Kalki Koechlin reveals past experience with open relationships: 'All parties agree to those rules and boundaries before you go into it'

October 05, 2024 7:01 am

“Now that I am married and have a kid, I don’t think I got time for that sh*t, because you just don’t even have time to see your own partner,” Kalki Koechlin said with a laugh

Armaan Malik with his two wives Payal and Kritika. (Photo: Armaan Malik/ Instagram)

When three isn’t a crowd

June 30, 2024 10:04 am

Young singles, it turns out, are less enamoured of old fashioned commitment, which is increasingly seen as not a one-size-fits-all model.

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The law on polygamy among religious groups in India

May 12, 2023 9:38 am

Polygamy is the practice of having more than one married spouse — wife or husband. The issue is governed both by personal laws and the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Assam will move to ban polygamy, form expert committee to examine legality: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

May 10, 2023 8:01 am

The Assam CM said that during a crackdown on child marriages, the authorities found that many aged men got “married multiple times", and often to minor girls.

SC to set up fresh 5-judge bench to hear pleas challenging polygamy, 'nikah halala'

November 24, 2022 3:34 pm

While polygamy allows a Muslim man to have four wives, 'nikah halala' is a process under which a divorced Muslim woman has to first marry another person, consummate it and get a divorce from the second husband, if the couple were to remarry after a compromise.