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SC issues notice on PIL against gender-based differences in Muslim inheritance lawSC issued notice on a PIL challenging gender-based differences in inheritance rights under Muslim Personal Law. A three-judge bench headed ...- Is Will registration mandatory? No, but two witnesses are required by lawRegistration of Will is optional but at least two attesting witness in Will is mandatory; Know what the law says. This article explains it ...
- 'Parliament becoming a mockery': P Chidambaram attacks Centre over FCRA and delimitation issuesSenior Congress leader P. Chidambaram criticized Parliament's functioning during the recent Monsoon Session. He alleged that the Centre pas...
- Personal laws in India: How they govern marriage, divorce, and inheritance for different religionsIf you are confused by personal finance terms, jargon and calculations, here’s a series to simplify and deconstruct these for you. In the 1...
- Uncertainty over key bills as Congress vows to resist; Monsoon session heading for washoutKey legislation remains uncertain as Parliament's Monsoon session nears its close. Opposition parties are protesting, demanding statements ...
- Prohibiting polygamy, nikah halala, and registration of live-in relationships: MP cabinet clears draft UCC billThe Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has approved the draft Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2026, proposing a common civil law that bans triple talaq,...
- TMC to oppose UCC in Bengal: Saugata Roy says it threatens personal laws of minority communitiesTrinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy has firmly opposed the Uniform Civil Code in West Bengal, asserting it infringes upon minority personal l...
- Expat in UAE with assets but no Will? The 2026 amendment changes how your assets will be transferred to your legal heirsNew rules are coming to the UAE for expats with property and assets. Starting January 2026, the UAE Civil Personal Status Law sees signific...
- SC to examine whether Muslims can be governed by succession law instead of ShariatThe Supreme Court is set to examine whether Muslims can be governed by secular Indian succession law for ancestral properties instead of Sh...
- SC notice to Centre on plea of non-believer Muslim woman seeking to be governed by succession lawSafiya PM, a resident of Alappuzha and general secretary of 'Ex-Muslims of Kerala', said though she has not officially left Islam, but she ...
- Uttarakhand's UCC changes inheritance laws: Who is covered and how will it impact individuals living in other parts of India?Uttarakhand UCC Law: Uttarakhand became the first state in the country to pass the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). The UCC will make the uniform ...
- Prohibition of Child Marriage Act doesn't repeal Muslim personal law: HC in 2014The ruling was passed on a habeas corpus petition filed by the father of a Muslim girl slightly more than 15 in age. The father had petitio...
- Inheritance rights of Hindu, Muslim, Christian women are not the sameThe awareness of one's rights and the courage to claim them are the only weapons that can help women in resisting any injustice that is met...
- To fight falsehood, AIMPLB plans journal on Muslim Religious Law, women's rightsIn the last few years, various Muslim bodies have accused the centre of infringing on the Muslim personal law. Muslims in India are governe...
- Will power: Succession planning and the Indian womanLetting the beneficiaries know the content of the will is advisable since it would remove the element of surprise and, in turn, reduce the ...
- Muslim women’s body seeks family lawThe women's organisation stated that issues such as polygamy, halala and age of marriage still remained “unsolved”
- View: Does outlawing Triple Talaq serve a greater purpose for BJP?Like all parties, BJP ‘cares’ for a section only because, and till the point, this section serves its purpose.
- Triple talaq to be tested on touchstone of Constitution: Supreme CourtDuring the hearing, senior advocate Indira Jaising referred to an old verdict of the Bombay High Court holding Personal Law regime cannot b...
- Supreme Court to examine validity of Muslim divorce, polygamyThe court passed the order while adjudicating a woman's plea seeking share in ancestral property of her father under the Hindu Succession A...
- Hindus, Muslims must change their mindset: Markandey KatjuIf Hindus and Muslims want to become "real Indians", they must change their mindset, Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katj...
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