Overview
- The Assembly unanimously approved the Mizo Marriage and Inheritance of Property (Amendment) Bill, 2026 on February 24 after Chief Minister Lalduhoma introduced it.
- The amendment institutes a statutory ban on polygamy and bigamy, bringing the state code in line with the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
- Section 2 now limits applicability to marriages where both spouses are Mizo or where the husband belongs to a Mizo tribe.
- Mizo women who marry non-Mizos, along with their children and grandchildren, are excluded from Mizo customary law and from eligibility to claim Scheduled Tribe status under that framework.
- Women can claim up to 50% of jointly acquired marital property after divorce or Sum Chhuah, leprosy is removed as a ground for divorce, and the three Autonomous District Councils remain exempt.