Khula valid under Muslim law, but only courts can grant it: Telangana HC rules against sharia councilsThe Telangana High Court affirmed that khula is a Muslim woman's right to divorce, but it must be processed through the courts for legal va...
26 Jun, 2025, 01.32 PM IST
SC verdict on maintenance to Muslim women brings back memories of 1985 Shah Bano caseSupreme Court decision echoes Shah Bano case, affirming Muslim women's right to seek maintenance. Controversy over obligations of Muslim hu...
11 Jul, 2024, 04.12 PM IST
HC refuses to entertain plea challenging assumed absolute discretion of Muslim husband to give divorce to wifeThe Delhi High Court has rejected two petitions challenging the Muslim husband's authority to pronounce divorce (talaq-ul-sunnat) without r...
18 Sep, 2023, 05.47 PM IST
New law on triple talaq challenged in SC'Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema', a religious organisation of Sunni Muslim scholars and clerics in Kerala, moved the top court seeking to ...
02 Aug, 2019, 09.33 PM IST
Congress backs triple talaq bill, Khurshid strikes discordant noteAmong other things, the 'Muslim women Protection of Rights on Marriage' Bill provides for a 3-year jail term to those found guilty of prono...
28 Dec, 2017, 06.58 PM IST
AIMPLB to request PM Modi to withdraw triple talaq bill"If government want to stop triple talaq, then it can take our suggestions. We will help in solving the issues under the constitutional pro...
24 Dec, 2017, 11.29 PM IST
Modi government may bring legislation to end Triple Talaq this Winter SessionTriple Talaq is a form of divorce followed by Muslims in India. It has been at the centre of the controversy for a long period.
21 Nov, 2017, 04.08 PM IST
Why the Triple Talaq verdict will not trigger an instant revolutionMany have long deplored the persistence among Indian Muslims of the practice of talaq-e-biddat, in which a man unilaterally dissolves his m...
27 Aug, 2017, 06.59 AM IST
Overturned: Verdict by Supreme Court's Raj-era avatarThe first reported verdict pertaining to triple talaq was delivered in a Bombay case in 1906 in which Justice Batchelor had termed triple t...
23 Aug, 2017, 01.31 PM IST
These case studies show how triple talaq tears lives of Muslim women apartThousands of Muslim women across the country have formed pressure groups and spearheaded signature campaigns demanding the abolition of the...
23 Apr, 2017, 03.38 PM IST
Ban on polygamy encourages illicit sex; men judicious enough to use triple talaq: AIMPLBAIMPLB said that Islam permitted polygamy but did not encourage it.
03 Sep, 2016, 11.46 AM IST
Supreme Court asks Centre to file committee report on personal lawsA bench comprising Chief justice TS Thakur and Justice UU Lalit asked Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, ...
29 Mar, 2016, 01.41 AM IST
Supreme Court prods Centre on uniform civil code; expresses concern over arbitrary divorcesThe court insisted that the issue cannot be left to state policy as it involved the Fundamental Rights of a particular section of women.
28 Oct, 2015, 03.00 AM IST
- Law is equal for all religions: Man must pay maintenance to wife, kids and parents
The Supreme Court on April 6 allowed a petition by a divorced Muslim woman for enhancement of maintenance from her ex-husband.
13 Apr, 2015, 11.49 AM IST
- Muslim men must justify talaq: Jammu and Kashmir high court
The Jammu and Kashmir high court has ruled that a Muslim husband's power to divorce his wife is neither unrestricted nor unqualified.
01 Nov, 2012, 05.52 AM IST
- Muslim women entitled to maintenance after iddat: SC
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a divorced Muslim woman is entitled to receive maintenance from her husband as long as she does not ...
05 Dec, 2009, 04.23 AM IST
- New Marriage law for Muslim women in India
The All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board has released the "Shariat Nikahnama" that they claim would give equal rights to both Muslim m...
17 Mar, 2008, 09.05 PM IST