Top court to soon hand down rulings on suits

Top court to soon hand down rulings on suits

Itsuro Terada (C), presiding justice of the Supreme Court's grand bench, attend a court hearing in Tokyo, on Nov. 4, 2015, in which a woman argues it is unconstitutional that only women are prohibited from getting remarried within six months of a divorce. The top court will hand down a ruling on the suit, as well as on another suit challenging the legitimacy of a law against dual surnames, by the end of 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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