Inheritance rights for children vary significantly based on their parents' marital status, legal standing, and religion. While biological c...

Many women are unaware of their inheritance rights, often losing rightful dues. On Mother's Day, it's crucial to inform mothers about their...

While Singhania is a Hindu, Nawaz is a Parsi. Thus, their marriage was solemnised under provisions of the Special Marriage Act, 1954. Vijay...

The 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...

The AIMPLB opposed advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay's plea on the basis that personal laws cannot be tested on the anvil of A...

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde issued notices to union ministries of home affairs, law and justice and the women and child devel...

"Court may direct the Law Commission to examine the laws of divorce & suggest 'Uniform Grounds of Divorce' for all citizens in spirit of Ar...

According to the Bill, Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsi communities who have come from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh ...

Here's what the Law ministry said on the exclusion of the term 'religious persecution' from the text of the Citizenship Amendment Bill. Who...

The Supreme Court has refused to stay its 2018 ruling allowing women of all ages to enter the Sabarimala shrine but left it to a larger ben...

Personal laws cover matters of property, marriage, divorce, inheritance and succession. Currently, there are personal laws for Hindus, Musl...

She said the procedure under the 1938 personal law was exasperatingly cumbersome, involving a system akin to jury decision.

CJI J S Khehar and Justices Kurian Joseph, R F Nariman and U U Lalit freely engaged the counsel seeking clarifications on doubts.

The same logic was once used by the Puri pandas to keep former PM Indira Gandhi out of the Puri temple although she was a Hindu by birth.

UP Madrassa Education Board announced the inclusion of Constitution of India in the syllabus of students in madrassas across the state.

Under the succession laws, the distribution of wealth may not take place as desired by the individual because personal laws define heirs an...

The outcome of the matter is likely to impact hundreds of Mumbai properties owned by charitable trusts and religious entities.