Triple Talaq, Polygamy Protected by Constitution? Centre's Questions in SC
8 years, 1 month ago

Triple Talaq, Polygamy Protected by Constitution? Centre's Questions in SC

News 18  

New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday submitted questions in the Supreme Court on whether practices like triple talaq and polygamy were protected by the Constitution and consistent with international treaties signed by India. In the last hearing on February 14, SC had clarified that it would not touch the domain of Uniform Civil Code, but made it clear it wants to adjudicate on the triple talaq issue as it “was a matter which involved a person’s human rights.’ "It's a matter of human rights, so we would deal with it properly," the court said. The court further observed that the triple talaq practice sanctioned under Muslim Personal Law that governs marriage, property and divorce violates the rights of Muslim women. "Triple talaq is unconstitutional, it violates the rights of Muslim women," ruled the High Court, adding that no personal law board is above the Constitution.

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Centre Told to Submit FIRs in Triple Talaq Cases
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Centre Told to Submit FIRs in Triple Talaq Cases

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to furnish data on FIRs and chargesheets filed against men for pronouncing instant triple talaq to divorce spouses in contravention of the Muslim Women Act 2019. The apex court was hearing a clutch of petitions filed by various Muslim individuals and outfits challenging the constitutional validity of the 2019 Act …

SC seeks details of FIRs, chargesheets against men who invoked triple talaq for divorce
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

SC seeks details of FIRs, chargesheets against men who invoked triple talaq for divorce

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to furnish data on FIRs and chargesheets against men who invoked instant triple talaq to divorce their wives in violation of the Muslim Women Act, 2019. SC seeks details of FIRs, chargesheets against men who invoked triple talaq for divorce A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay …

SC seeks details of FIRs, charge sheets against men using triple talaq
1 month, 3 weeks ago

SC seeks details of FIRs, charge sheets against men using triple talaq

Deccan Chronicle  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to provide the details of the number of FIRs and chargesheets filed against men for pronouncing instant triple talaq to divorce spouses in violation of the 1991 Muslim Women Act. The respondent shall file the total number of FIRs and charge sheets pending under section 3 and 4 of the Muslim Women …

Triple Talaq: How many FIRs lodged against Muslim men under anti-triple talaq law, SC asks Centre
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Triple Talaq: How many FIRs lodged against Muslim men under anti-triple talaq law, SC asks Centre

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Centre to collect the total number of criminal cases registered against Muslim men under a law which penalises declaration of triple or instant talaq. But Mr. Pasha interjected to point out that the practice of triple talaq ceased to have any legal effect ever since the Supreme Court declared it “manifestly arbitrary” in …

How Many Criminal Cases Registered Across Country For Pronouncing 'Triple Talaq' ? Supreme Court Asks Union
1 month, 3 weeks ago

How Many Criminal Cases Registered Across Country For Pronouncing 'Triple Talaq' ? Supreme Court Asks Union

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Union Government to give data about the criminal cases registered under the Muslim Women Act, 2019 against Muslim men for the pronouncement of triple talaq. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar passed the direction while hearing a batch of petitions filed by Muslim organisations challenging the …

How many cases filed over triple talaq? Supreme Court seeks data from Centre
1 month, 3 weeks ago

How many cases filed over triple talaq? Supreme Court seeks data from Centre

India Today  

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, directed the Central government to provide data about the criminal cases registered under the Muslim Women Act, 2019 for the pronouncement of triple talaq. A Bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar, while hearing 12 petitions challenging the constitutionality of the 1991 Muslim Women Act, also asked about the …

Mumbai woman files case against husband for harassment over dowry, triple talaq
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Mumbai woman files case against husband for harassment over dowry, triple talaq

Hindustan Times  

A woman has accused her husband and in-laws of harassment over dowry demands and being divorced via triple talaq on a video call. During a video chat, a lady accused her husband and in-laws of harassing her over requests for money and the triple talaq divorce. Mumbai police have registered a case against a man working in the United Kingdom …

Triple Talaq via video call: Mumbai Police investigate dowry harassment case against husband and in-laws
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Triple Talaq via video call: Mumbai Police investigate dowry harassment case against husband and in-laws

Op India  

A woman has accused her husband and in-laws of harassment over dowry demands and being divorced via triple talaq on a video call. Mumbai police have registered a case against a man working in the United Kingdom and his parents for allegedly harassing his wife over dowry and divorcing her through triple talaq on a video call. The victim, a …

Software engineer gives ‘triple talaq’ to wife after she refuses to sleep with boss; booked
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3 months ago

Software engineer gives ‘triple talaq’ to wife after she refuses to sleep with boss; booked

Live Mint  

A software engineer from Maharashtra’s Kalyan has been booked for triple talaq to his second wife after she refused to have sex with his boss, a report by News18 Marathi stated. ‘Triple talaq’ is a form of Islamic divorce that allows a Muslim man to divorce his wife by saying the word ‘talaq’ three times. The legislation classifying triple talaq …

This is Hindustan, country will run as per majority's wishes: High Court judge
3 months, 2 weeks ago

This is Hindustan, country will run as per majority's wishes: High Court judge

India Today  

Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, a sitting judge of the Allahabad High Court, said he had no hesitation in saying that "Hindustan would run as per the wishes of the majority people" living in the country. Without naming the Muslim community, the judge said that practices like having multiple wives, triple talaq and halala were "unacceptable". The judge acknowledged that there …

‘You are not Muslim’: UP man gives ‘triple talaq’ to wife for supporting police action in Sambhal
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘You are not Muslim’: UP man gives ‘triple talaq’ to wife for supporting police action in Sambhal

Live Mint  

A woman from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh is making headlines after her husband gave her ‘triple talaq’ for supporting police action following Sambhal violence. The woman has alleged that while she was watching a video linked to the recent Sambhal violence, her support for police action infuriated her husband Ejazul. After this, Nida filed a police complaint against her husband …

UP woman backs police action in violence-hit Sambhal, husband gives triple talaq
3 months, 2 weeks ago

UP woman backs police action in violence-hit Sambhal, husband gives triple talaq

India Today  

A woman in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad was allegedly given triple talaq by her husband for speaking in support of the police during the November 24 violence in Sambhal which claimed the lives of four people, police said on Sunday. The woman, Nida, claimed that her husband called her a 'kaafir' when she suggested that the police personnel had the right …

UP: 16 booked in two triple talaq cases in week
6 months ago

UP: 16 booked in two triple talaq cases in week

Deccan Chronicle  

Gonda:Police here have registered cases against 16 individuals in connection with two separate instances of triple talaq in a week, officials said. Superintendent of Police Vineet Jaiswal told PTI on Saturday that Hina Bano, a resident of Mauja Khanpur under the Katra Bazar Police station area, filed a complaint against her husband Lais Mohammad and eight of his family members. …

Ayodhya resident gives 'triple talaq' to wife after she praises PM Narendra Modi, CM Yogi
7 months ago

Ayodhya resident gives 'triple talaq' to wife after she praises PM Narendra Modi, CM Yogi

Hindustan Times  

An Ayodhya resident has been booked by the Uttar Pradesh Police for allegedly pronouncing triple talaq to her wife after she praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for the development of the city, news agency PTI reported. Maryam has also alleged that the man's family tried to strangle her on the day the man pronounced instant …

Centre defends law on triple talaq in SC, says practice ‘fatal’ to institution of marriage
7 months ago

Centre defends law on triple talaq in SC, says practice ‘fatal’ to institution of marriage

Hindustan Times  

The Centre has defended its 2019 law against triple talaq by telling the Supreme Court that the practice is “fatal” to the institution of marriage. In an affidavit filed in response to petitions challenging the law, the Centre has said that despite the Supreme Court setting aside the practice in 2017, it has “not worked as a sufficient deterrent in …

Centre defends law against triple talaq, says it legitimised ‘abandonment’ of Muslim women
7 months ago

Centre defends law against triple talaq, says it legitimised ‘abandonment’ of Muslim women

The Hindu  

The Union government in the Supreme Court has justified the Central law criminalising triple talaq, saying the “practice legitimised and institutionalised abandonment of wives by their husbands” and was “neither Islamic nor legal”. The government said all it did with the Muslim Women Act, 2019 was make a practice called “manifestly arbitrary” by the Supreme Court a non-bailable criminal offence …

Centre files affidavit in Supreme Court, defends criminalising instant triple talaq law
7 months ago

Centre files affidavit in Supreme Court, defends criminalising instant triple talaq law

India TV News  

The Central government on Monday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court defending its 2019 law criminalising instant triple talaq and said that the 2019 Act helps in ensuring the larger constitutional goals of gender justice and gender equality of married Muslim women and helps subserve their fundamental rights of non-discrimination and empowerment. The Centre in the affidavit further added …

Telangana Police arrest Abdul Ateeq for giving triple talaq to wife via WhatsApp
10 months ago

Telangana Police arrest Abdul Ateeq for giving triple talaq to wife via WhatsApp

Op India  

The Adilabad police have arrested a man for declaring the banned instant ‘triple talaq’ to his wife via WhatsApp message. In 2023, the wife Jasmine registered a harassment case against her husband Abdul Ateeq. The Muslim Women Act 2019, which the Parliament passed in July 2019, makes the practice of instant divorce through the ‘triple talaq’ among Muslims a punishable …

Practice and law: debating aspects of the Muslim personal law
1 year ago

Practice and law: debating aspects of the Muslim personal law

The Hindu  

Last week, the Assam Government quietly repealed the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1935. The decision was widely criticised in political circles, but the fact remains that the Muslim personal law, and inevitably, Muslim marriage, divorce, maintenance and inheritance, have been in the public eye in recent years. They have all been the subject of study for academics …

Supreme Court Tags Petition Challenging Criminalisation Of Triple Talaq With Pending Petitions
1 year, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Tags Petition Challenging Criminalisation Of Triple Talaq With Pending Petitions

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday tagged a fresh petition challenging the criminalisation of Triple Talaq along with the petitions already pending before the Court on the same issue. Talaq to be void and illegal.—Any pronouncement of talaq by a Muslim husband upon his wife, by words, either spoken or written or in electronic form or in any other manner whatsoever, …

Delhi High Court Summons ANI In Defamation Suit For Carrying Interview Allegedly Making False Triple Talaq Accusation Against Muslim Man
1 year, 1 month ago

Delhi High Court Summons ANI In Defamation Suit For Carrying Interview Allegedly Making False Triple Talaq Accusation Against Muslim Man

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court today summoned Asia News International in a defamation lawsuit filed by a Muslim man questioning an interview aired by the agency in which his wife allegedly made false claims that she was subjected to Triple Talaq for not bearing a male child. In January 2021, ANI published a story and a video interview featuring the woman, …

Patna: Bride gives triple talaq to groom within 12 hours of marriage | Know why
1 year, 4 months ago

Patna: Bride gives triple talaq to groom within 12 hours of marriage | Know why

India TV News  

Patna: In an unusual turn of events, a newly-married woman gave triple talaq to her husband within 12 hours of their marriage in Patna’s Phulwari Sharif area today. The dispute arose between the bride and the groom's side over food during the marriage ceremony. The bride's finally decided to break the marriage following which the woman reportedly gave 'triple talaq' …

PM Modi asks BJP MPs to reach out to Muslim women for celebrating festival of Rakhi
1 year, 7 months ago

PM Modi asks BJP MPs to reach out to Muslim women for celebrating festival of Rakhi

India TV News  

PM Modi asks BJP MPs to reach out to Muslim women for celebrating festival of Rakhi Some MPs present in the meeting said Modi emphasised the need to connect with every section of society and then noted his government's decision to ban the practice of instant divorce among Muslim men. PM Modi to BJP MPs: Asserting that his government's decision …

The politics of the Uniform Civil Code
1 year, 8 months ago

The politics of the Uniform Civil Code

The Hindu  

On June 27, in Bhopal, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi advocated that a Uniform Civil Code be implemented, he was seeking to accomplish the last of the three core ideological agendas that the Bharatiya Janata Party has campaigned for years. Another key issue of UCC is Muslim personal law. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board came into existence in …

The unseemly politics of the Uniform Civil Code
1 year, 8 months ago

The unseemly politics of the Uniform Civil Code

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been pushing for a Uniform Civil Code and is blaming the Opposition for trying to “instigate” Muslims on the issue. The Congress said there was no need for the Muslim Women Act, which criminalises triple talaq, as the practice had already been declared null and void by the court, whereas in 1986, Prime Minister Rajiv …

Need for state action was felt in triple talaq law, Centre tells Supreme Court
1 year, 10 months ago

Need for state action was felt in triple talaq law, Centre tells Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The government reasoned it had to introduce a law criminalising triple talaq as Muslim men continued the practice in spite of a Supreme Court judgment declaring it illegal. The government’s 177-page affidavit recently filed in the apex court came in response to a series of petitions which have challenged the constitutionality of the Muslim Women Act 2019, which makes the …

Odisha man gives triple talaq to wife as she lost money to cyber fraud: Report
1 year, 11 months ago

Odisha man gives triple talaq to wife as she lost money to cyber fraud: Report

Hindustan Times  

The Odisha Police on Saturday booked a man for allegedly handing out instant 'triple talaq' to his wife after she lost money to cyber fraud. According to the police, the 32-year-old woman from Odisha's Kendrapara district lodged a complaint on April 1, alleging that her husband divorced her illegally after she confessed to losing ₹1.5 lakh to cyber criminals, reported …

Triple Talaq Debate: Kerala Guv Arif Khan Says CM’s Remarks ‘Reek of Ignorance…’
2 years, 1 month ago

Triple Talaq Debate: Kerala Guv Arif Khan Says CM’s Remarks ‘Reek of Ignorance…’

News 18  

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Wednesday lashed out at Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for defending triple talaq and said that his remarks “reek of ignorance”. Speaking on some Western media’s agenda against India and controversial BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots titled ‘India: The Modi Question’, Khan said, “There is nothing news about western biasness. Khan also lambasted …

Kerala CM Slams Triple Talaq Ban: The Debate
2 years, 1 month ago

Kerala CM Slams Triple Talaq Ban: The Debate

News 18  

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday raised questions over the ban on triple talaq, asking why it was was criminalised “when divorce happens in all religions.” Speaking at a conference, the CM said, “people from different religious backgrounds might have come here for the conference. Triple Talaq is a type of marriage dissolution in Muslim Law in which a …

Why divorce criminal for Muslims? Pinarayi Vijayan on triple talaq ban
2 years, 1 month ago

Why divorce criminal for Muslims? Pinarayi Vijayan on triple talaq ban

India Today  

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan asked why triple talaq was criminalised when divorce happens in all religions.”The triple talaq was criminalised. He also criticised the country’s Vice-President and law minister for attacking the Supreme Court's Collegium system. “It was declared by a 13-member constitution bench of the Supreme Court in a landmark judgement in the Kesavananda Bharati case. The law …

Jaipur woman accuses husband of giving her triple talaq over birth of daughter
2 years, 4 months ago

Jaipur woman accuses husband of giving her triple talaq over birth of daughter

India Today  

A Muslim woman was allegedly given triple talaq by her husband for giving birth to a girl in Rajasthan’s Jaipur. The woman, Sananaaz, has accused her husband, Amanullah, of giving her triple talaq after she gave birth to their daughter. "I was given instant triple Talaq by my husband because I gave birth to a girl. But once again, I …

All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board Approaches Supreme Court Against Extra-Judicial & Unilateral Talaq
2 years, 5 months ago

All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board Approaches Supreme Court Against Extra-Judicial & Unilateral Talaq

Live Law  

The All-India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board has moved Supreme Court seeking against unilateral forms of divorce by Muslim husbands by pronouncement of talaq as per the personal law.The Board seeks to declare divorce given to Muslim women without following the due procedure as null & void with retrospective effect.The Board sought a direction from the Court to declare that …

5 judge SC bench to hear Muslim women's plea against nikah halala, polygamy
2 years, 6 months ago

5 judge SC bench to hear Muslim women's plea against nikah halala, polygamy

India Today  

A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme court on Tuesday took up the petitions filed by Muslim women and activists challenging issues relating to the practice of divorce in the Muslim community. These petitions have challenged practices including nikah halala, polygamy, mutah, misyar marriage that are prevalent under Muslim marriages and divorce law practices. The bench of justices Indira Banerjee, …

Supreme Court To Hear Cases Challenging Validity Of Polygamy & Nikah Halala In Muslim Personal Law In October; Issues Notice To NHRC, NCW & NCM
2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court To Hear Cases Challenging Validity Of Polygamy & Nikah Halala In Muslim Personal Law In October; Issues Notice To NHRC, NCW & NCM

Live Law  

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will start hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the practice of polygamy and Nikah Halala allowed by Muslim personal law after the Dussehra holidays.Eight petitions challenging these practices were listed on Tuesday before a 5-judge bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee, Hemant. A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will …

Decoding Demand To Ban 'Talaq-e-Hasan': How It Is Not the Same as Triple Talaq
2 years, 6 months ago

Decoding Demand To Ban 'Talaq-e-Hasan': How It Is Not the Same as Triple Talaq

The Quint  

It requires a minimum of a month’s gap between the pronouncement of each Talaq, and the couple is supposed to try and mend bridges and reconcile in that period. Triple Talaq is banned in many countries including many Muslim countries, while Talaq-e-Hasan is a legitimate and common practice of divorce in those countries,” says Ziya Us Salam, author of the …

Prima facie Talaq-E-Hasan not so improper, women too have option of “Khula”: SC
2 years, 7 months ago

Prima facie Talaq-E-Hasan not so improper, women too have option of “Khula”: SC

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that the practice of talaq-e-hasan among Muslims, under which a man can divorce his wife by pronouncing “talaq” once a month for three consecutive months, is not prima facie improper as women have the option of “khula” divorce. Senior advocate Pinky Anand appearing for the petitioner Benazeer Heena – a journalist - …

'Talaq-e-Hasan' not akin to triple talaq, women have option of 'khula': Supreme Court
2 years, 7 months ago

'Talaq-e-Hasan' not akin to triple talaq, women have option of 'khula': Supreme Court

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court was hearing a plea seeking to declare ‘Talaq-e-Hasan’ and all other forms of ‘unilateral extra-judicial talaq as void and unconstitutional’, claiming they were ‘arbitrary, irrational, and violated fundamental rights’ New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the practice of divorce in Muslims through ‘Talaq-e-Hasan’ — which is pronounced once a month over a period of three …

Prima facie talaq-e-hasan is ‘not so improper’ says Supreme Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Prima facie talaq-e-hasan is ‘not so improper’ says Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, prima facie observed that the Muslim personal law practice of talaq-e-hasan is "not so improper". The court's prima facie remarks came while hearing a petition filed by journalist Benazeer Heena, represented by senior advocate Pinky Anand and advocate Ashwani Kumar Dubey. The petitioner argued that the practice in question was "neither harmonious …

Talaq-E-Hasan Not So Improper Prima Facie, Women Have Option Of Khula Divorce : Supreme Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Talaq-E-Hasan Not So Improper Prima Facie, Women Have Option Of Khula Divorce : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday made a prima facie observation that the practice of divorce through the Muslim personal law practice of Talaq-E-Hasan, as per which a man can divorce his wife by pronouncing "talaq" once a month for three months, is "not so improper".The Court noted that Muslim women have the option of seeking divorce through "khula". The Supreme …

Morning Digest | India-China ties seeing a positive impetus, says Chinese Ambassador; Salman Rushdie’s attacker pleads not guilty, and more
2 years, 7 months ago

Morning Digest | India-China ties seeing a positive impetus, says Chinese Ambassador; Salman Rushdie’s attacker pleads not guilty, and more

The Hindu  

India-China ties seeing a positive impetus, says Chinese Ambassador India and China are seeing a “positive impetus” to ties, given two meetings between the Foreign Ministers in the past few months and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attendance at the BRICS summit in June, Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong said on Saturday. Salman Rushdie’s attacker pleads not guilty The man …

Five years after Supreme Court’s triple talaq verdict, petitioners living life as ‘half-divorcees’
2 years, 7 months ago

Five years after Supreme Court’s triple talaq verdict, petitioners living life as ‘half-divorcees’

The Hindu  

Five years after the Supreme Court's five-judge Bench under Chief Justice J.S. Khehar invalidated instant triple talaq in August 2017, the women petitioners continue to live a life of half-divorcees. The apex court, it may be recalled, invalidated instant triple talaq in the Shayara Bano versus the Union of India case while refraining from commenting on the state of their …

Wife challenges validity of ‘talaq-e-hasan’ in Delhi HC: What is it, how's it different from triple talaq?
2 years, 8 months ago

Wife challenges validity of ‘talaq-e-hasan’ in Delhi HC: What is it, how's it different from triple talaq?

Firstpost  

Talaq-e-hasan is the practice by which a Muslim man can divorce his wife by saying the word talaq once a month over a three-month period The Delhi High Court has sought a response of the Delhi Police and a Muslim man whose wife has sought to declare a notice of talaq-e-hasan sent to her as void and unconstitutional. Talaq-e-hasan is …

India TV Samvaad: Triple talaq law reduced cases by 90%, says Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan
2 years, 9 months ago

India TV Samvaad: Triple talaq law reduced cases by 90%, says Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan

India TV News  

Highlights Kerala Governor complimented PM Modi for enactment of law against Triple talaq Governor said "Many Islamic nations ended the social malpractice but it was prevalent in India In 2019, BJP govt enacted a law making instant triple talaq a criminal offence India TV Samvaad: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Monday complimented Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government for …

Ishtiaq Alam gives triple talaq to wife over phone for not giving birth to a child, case registered
2 years, 10 months ago

Ishtiaq Alam gives triple talaq to wife over phone for not giving birth to a child, case registered

Op India  

On Thursday, the Chhattisgarh Police registered an FIR against a person named Ishtiaq Alam for divorcing his wife over the mobile phone. She married one Ishtiaq Alam of Balumat, Jharkhand in 2007 & was tortured by her husband & father-in-law for not giving birth to a child: Bhaskar Sharma, SHO Kunkuri, Jashpur pic.twitter.com/ldD6PChC8K — ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan May 19, 2022 In …

​Uniform Civil Code: One nation, two different sets of rules based on religion is an oxymoron
2 years, 10 months ago

​Uniform Civil Code: One nation, two different sets of rules based on religion is an oxymoron

Firstpost  

After delivering on two of the core pledges — abrogation of Article 370 and settlement of the Ram Mandir issue — the clangour is now growing for the Bharatiya Janata Party’s third promise, the Uniform Civil Code. “The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India,” declares Article 44. Noted feminist …

Delhi HC seeks govt response on plea for ‘regulation’ of polygamy in Islam
2 years, 10 months ago

Delhi HC seeks govt response on plea for ‘regulation’ of polygamy in Islam

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Monday sought the Centre’s stand on a Muslim woman’s plea seeking regulation of the practice of bigamy or polygamy which is allowed under Muslim law. The woman sought directions to the Union government to frame a law to regulate the practice of bigamy or polygamy contracted by a Muslim husband under Shariat with provisions of …

Delhi HC seeks Centre's stand on PIL to declare bigamy, polygamy by Muslim husband unconstitutional
2 years, 10 months ago

Delhi HC seeks Centre's stand on PIL to declare bigamy, polygamy by Muslim husband unconstitutional

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday sought the Centre’s stand on a PIL to declare that bigamy or polygamy by a Muslim husband in the absence of prior written consent of the existing wife or wives and arrangements for her accommodation and maintenance is unconstitutional and illegal. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla …

Right To Divorce Inherent Under Contractual Marriage In Islam: Muslim Woman Opposes Plea In Delhi HC To Declare 'Talaq-Ul-Sunnat' As Unconstitutional
2 years, 10 months ago

Right To Divorce Inherent Under Contractual Marriage In Islam: Muslim Woman Opposes Plea In Delhi HC To Declare 'Talaq-Ul-Sunnat' As Unconstitutional

Live Law  

A Muslim woman has moved the Delhi High Court opposing a public interest litigation which seeks declaration of Talaq-ul-Sunnat, the unqualified right of Muslim men give divorce to their wife, as unconstitutional. Whereas, the instant impleadment application has been filed by a Muslim woman who claims that she suffered a bad marriage, however, at the same time benefitted from the …

Polygamy: Plea In Delhi High Court Seeks Muslim Men To Obtain Prior Consent From Existing Wife Before Subsequent Marriage, Notice Issued
2 years, 10 months ago

Polygamy: Plea In Delhi High Court Seeks Muslim Men To Obtain Prior Consent From Existing Wife Before Subsequent Marriage, Notice Issued

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court today issued notice on a public interest litigation filed by a 28 years old Muslim woman, seeking a declaration that Muslim men cannot perform second marriage, without prior consent of their first wife. In essence, the plea seeks to restrict the practice of Polygamy in Muslim men, stating that the same is a regressive practice, derogatory …

From hijab ban to Ram Mandir: When the Supreme Court was drawn into religious debates
3 years ago

From hijab ban to Ram Mandir: When the Supreme Court was drawn into religious debates

Firstpost  

The hijab row has moved from classrooms to the top court. The Karnataka High Court’s decision to uphold the ban on the headscarf has been challenged in the Supreme Court After the Karnataka High Court dismissed petitions seeking permission to wear hijabs inside the classroom after it deemed that the headscarf was not an essential religious practice of Islam, the …

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