- Recently, the Assam government introduced the Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025 in the State Assembly seeking to criminalize polygamy.
- Jurisdiction and Applicability: The Bill, if become a law, is applicable across Assam, except in areas under the Sixth Schedule (the Bodoland Territorial Region and the hill districts of Dima Hasao, Karbi Anglong and West Karbi Anglong) and among Scheduled Tribes under Article 342, who are governed by customary laws that permit multiple marriages. Read More
Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill 2025
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Key Provisions of the Bill