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Hiv Patients' Right To Marry: Indian-Bangladeshi Laws In Perspective, Dr. Zahidul Islam Biswas
Hiv Patients' Right To Marry: Indian-Bangladeshi Laws In Perspective, Dr. Zahidul Islam Biswas
Dr. Zahidul Islam
One of the hotly debated legal issues of the present time is whether HIV patients should have right to marry. Though a good number of countries have already enacted laws giving legal right to marry to the AIDS patients, it is still undecided in most of the countries of the globe. India and Bangladesh are two neighbouring countries which do not have any specific legislation settling the issue, though HIV/AIDS is considered to be a great threat to both Indian and Bangladeshi society. This write-up examines the present legal position regarding this issue in both the countries.