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Viral Kumbh mela girl Monalisa appears to be an adult: Kerala High Court, husband gets one-month reliefThe Kerala High Court granted transit bail to Mohd Farman, husband of the viral Kumbh Mela girl, for one month to seek anticipatory bail in...
Are prenups enforceable in India? 4 narrow pathways to legally bind pre-nuptial intent and protect wealthMuch of the uncertainty around pre-nuptial agreements, or prenups, stems from India’s long-held view of marriage as a sacrament rather than...
Kerala HC rules: Muslim man needs first wife’s knowledge to register second marriage; says "religion is secondary, rights are supreme"The Kerala High Court has ruled that a Muslim man cannot register a second marriage without informing his first wife if the initial marriag...
If conversion illegal, marriage invalid, rules Allahabad HCThe Allahabad High Court ruled that a marriage based on an illegal religious conversion is automatically invalid. The court found Jainab Pa...
If conversion is found illegal, couple cannot be recognised as married: Allahabad HCThe Allahabad High Court declared that a marriage based on an illegal religious conversion is invalid, denying legal recognition to the cou...
Khutbah Shaadi: Hyderabad women married without papers, abandoned laterIn Hyderabad's Old City, a disturbing trend of undocumented marriages, locally known as 'Khutbah ki shaadi,' is leaving poor Muslim women v...
Assam govt tables bill to register Muslim marriages and divorcesThe Assam government on Thursday last introduced a bill to repeal a law to register marriages and divorces of Muslims reasoning that it had...
SC issues notice on whether Muslim girl can marry person of her choice after attaining pubertyThe direction was passed by a division bench of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha on an appeal filed by the ...
Supreme Court to examine verdict quoting personal law to okay marriage of Muslim girl over 15"Marriage of a Muslim girl is governed by Muslim Personal Law," the HC verdict said while granting police protection to a newly-wed Muslim ...
HC ruling on Muslim minor girl’s marriage challenged in top courtThe NCPCR, in a special leave petition filed on Saturday by advocate Swarupama Chaturvedi, according to people in know of the matter, has c...
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...
Muslim girls over 15 years can marry: Punjab and Haryana High CourtRuling that a Muslim girl is legally competent to marry on the completion of the age of 15 years, the HC relied on a 2014 judgment delivere...
Muslim marriage is a contract and not sacrament unlike a Hindu marriageThe family court ordered that the plaintiff is entitled to monthly maintenance at the rate of Rs 3,000 from the date of the suit till the d...
On attaining puberty, Muslim girl can marry anyone by law: Punjab and Haryana High CourtA bench of Justice Alka Sarin gave the verdict relying on various court rulings and the article 195 in 'Principles of Mohammedan Law', an a...
Centre to oppose polygamy, Nikaah Halala at Supreme Court hearingNikaah halala makes it mandatory for a divorced Muslim woman to marry another man, consummate the marriage and divorce him should she wish ...
Muslim women will no longer live under fear of talaq: M J AkbarThe Minister of State for External Affairs noted that the legislation would "benefit the country...community and the nation ...and will pro...
Supreme Court concludes triple talaq hearings, reserves verdictFive-judge Constitution bench heard the issue for six days during which various parties made the submissions.
Delhi High Court refuses to hear PIL to stop triple talaq on Hindu wives of Muslim menA bench said it was not inclined to go into the issue as the Supreme Court is already seized of the triple talaq matter related to changes ...
Why a Uniform Civil Code could be advantageous to MuslimsThe true triple talaq, as ordained by the Holy Quran, is one of the more humane therapies to deal with a downward spiralling marital relati...
- 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.