{
  "id": 9461468,
  "title": "MP High Court Issues Notice To Centre On Plea Challenging Special Marriage Act Provision",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/mp-high-court-issues-notice-to-centre-on-plea-challenging-special",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T01:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/mp-high-court-issues-notice-to-centre-on-plea-challenging-special-marriage-act-provision"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The High Court in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, has served notice on the Union Government in response to a petition challenging a provision of the Special Marriage Act. The petition, filed by Heeralal Rathore of Indore and Digvijay Singh, a social worker and Prant Dharam Prasar Pramukh of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Jabalpur, seeks direction to quash the non-obstante clause in Section 4 of the Act. This clause allows for inter-faith marriages without requiring either partner to convert to the other's religion. The petitioners' senior advocate, Ashok Lalwani, argued that the non-obstante clause is unconstitutional under Muslim Law, as it would invalidate a marriage between a Muslim man and a Hindu woman if the woman does not convert, thereby denying her inheritance rights. The High Court principal seat issued the notice to the Union Government during the hearing of the petition on Tuesday.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}