Hindu Marriage Law: Need, Impediments and Policy Guidelines

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[1] Assembly, National. 2014. Hindu Marriage Bill, 2014 . Government of Pakistan. Accessed March 10, 2015. http://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/documents/1393931873_197.pdf

[2] Diwan, Paras. 1957. “The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.” International and Comparative Law Quarterly 6 (2): 263. Accessed March 25, 2015. http://journals.cambridge.org/ILQ

[3] Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics , Vol. 6. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons

[4] International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences . Vol. 6. New York: The Macmillan Co. and the Free Press.

[5] LCI. 1978. “71st report on the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.” Law Commission of India . April. Accessed March 10, 2015. http://indiankanoon.org/doc/18314230/

[6] LCI. 1974 “59th report on Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and Special Marriage Act, 1954.” Law Commission of India . Accessed March 22, 2015. http://lawcommissionofindia.nic.in/51-100/Report59.pdf

[7] Mitha, Maroof. 2004. Religious Minorities and Marriage Laws in Pakistan . Karachi: Community World Service, 14.

[8] PBS. 1998. 1998 Census: religious minorities . Islamabad: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Accessed September 25, 2014. http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/tables/POPULATION%20BY%20RELIGION.pdf

[9] Rediff. 2012. “Pakistan to finally introduce Hindu marriage law.” Rediff . July 2. Accessed March 3, 2015. http://www.rediff.com/news/report/pakistan-to-finally-introduce-hindu-marriage-law/20120702.htm

[10] Shah, Zulfiqar. 2007. Long behind Schedule . Indian Institute of Dalit Studies.

[11] Sikand, Yogi. “Plight of Dalits in Pakistan.” Accessed March 22, 2015. http://aannaim.law.emory.edu/ihr/yogi.html

[12] Subramanian, Narendra. 2010. Making Family and Nation: Hindu Marriage Law in Early Postcolonial India . Vol. 69. 3 vols. The Journal of Asian Studies .

[13] WMSF. 2007. “Pak to allow Sikh wedding under Anand Marriage Act.” Press release by World Muslim Sikh Federation. Nov 28. Accessed March 12, 2015. http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Pak_to_allow_Sikh_weddings_under_Anand_Marriage_Act

[14] Yusufi, Khurshid Ahmad. 1996. Speeches, Statements & Messages of the Quaid-i-Azam . First. Vol. III. IV vols. Lahore, Punjab: Bazm-i-Iqbal Lahore, Naqoosh Printer.

[15] Zahid, Hafiz M. 2012. Mazahib-e-'Alam main shadi biyah ki taleemat . Lahore: Dar al-Nawqadir.

[16] Zaman, Hasan. 1980. The Concept of Minority . London: Research and Documentation.