Marriage law: Marriage equality and the civil rights inheritance

The government's move to make divorce a quicker process has been largely welcomed as a long overdue step though some women activists and lawyers have voiced doubts over doing away with the six month cooling off period.
The common strain among the women was that law should move along with changing times and there should not be any mechanical import of western ideas. The case eventually went to the US supreme court, which, in 1967, ruled in favour of the Lovings:
"I welcome it. Divorce should be made easier and the laws should keep pace with the changing times," Rekha Palli, a Supreme Court lawyer, told IANS................
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