Opinion May 25, 1976, Forty Years Ago: Marriage Law
A look at the Indian Express front page on May 25, 1976.
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Marriage law
The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, which sought to liberalise provisions relating to divorce and ensure expeditious disposal of proceedings under the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, received Parliament’s approval. Minister of State for Law Seyid Muhammad assured that suggestions made by MPs including those for compulsory registration of marriages and raising the marriageable age of girls would be given consideration by the government.
Unrest in Lanka
The Sri Lanka government placed security forces on full alert in the Tamil speaking areas in the north. The government’s action followed the arrest of four leaders of the Tamil Liberation Front in Jaffna. Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike said her government would never allow emergence of a separate Tamil state in the predominantly Tamil northern region. Addressing a rally at Dambulla in the north central province, the PM accused the leaders of carrying on propaganda in the country and abroad about alleged repression of Tamil minority by the Sinhalese majority and urging Tamilians to rise up to form a separate state. V.N. Navaratnam, K.P. Ratnam and K. Thurairatnam were arrested along with Amrithalingam, a former MP and currently secretary of the Tamil United Liberation, for distributing handbills asking the people not to participate in the Republic Day celebrations and calling for the creation of a separate Tamil state.
Swaran Singh panel
The All-India Congress Committee was scheduled to discuss the Swaran Singh committee’s report on constitutional reforms at a meeting in Delhi. Four vacancies in the CWC, which fell vacant because of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed’s election as president, Chandrashekhar’s exit from the party, and the deaths of Barkatullah Khan and Lalit Narain Mishra, were expected to be filled.
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