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 ...
29 Apr, 2024, 09.53 PM IST
Assam govt to form committee to investigate whether state govt has authority to prohibit polygamyThe state government stated that the committee will engage in extensive discussions with all stakeholders, including legal experts, to arri...
09 May, 2023, 07.30 PM IST
"Want to ban polygamy in state, will form expert committee to check provisions": Assam CM Himanta SarmaAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced that the state government plans to establish a committee of legal experts to investi...
09 May, 2023, 05.54 PM IST
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...
22 Jun, 2022, 12.21 AM IST
Hijab verdict: Muslim religious leaders call for Karnataka bandh tomorrow to assert their faithCongress MLA from Shanthinagar NA Haris told ET that he too attended a meeting in Bengaluru on Tuesday evening to discuss the subject, but ...
16 Mar, 2022, 05.33 PM IST
Personal laws need to be reviewed, harmonised with landmark court rulingsThe Cabinet's recent proposal to raise the minimum age of marriage for women to 21 years has focussed attention on the need to review the m...
25 Dec, 2021, 11.43 PM IST
Ayodhya mosque against Waqf Act, illegal under Shariyat law: AIMPLB's Zafaryab JilaniAnother executive member of AIMPLB SQR Ilyas said, "We have rejected the proposal to accept land for the mosque at any other place. We lost...
23 Dec, 2020, 02.41 PM IST
Call it Islamic struggle or die: Hizbul Mujahideen to HurriyatZakir Bhat, a native of terrorist-infested Tral in Pulwama district, was studying to be an engineer in a Chandigarh college before picking ...
14 Jul, 2018, 09.14 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
Law Commission runs into 2 legal hurdles on Uniform Civil CodeLaw Commission chairman said panel needed to consult a wide cross-section of people to evaluate the relevance of the Muslim Personal Law (S...
08 Jul, 2016, 10.06 AM IST
1,050 scholars issue fatwa against IS1,050 muftis and imams from all over the country have jointly condemned the killing of innocent people by ISIS and posting of images and vi...
09 Sep, 2015, 11.26 AM IST
Supreme Court ruling: Are Shariat courts and khaps, cultural necessities or evils?At least 80% of disputes are resolved by biradiri panchayats,” she says. Kishwar isn’t the only one supporting khaps and Shariat courts.
13 Jul, 2014, 05.53 AM IST
Supreme Court ruling on Shariat court draws sharp reaction from clerics"We are not doing anything parallel to the judicial system and we don't say that any order passed by a Qazi is binding on all".
07 Jul, 2014, 05.56 PM IST
Both sides to appeal Ayodhya verdictEfforts for an outof-court settlement to the Ayodhya dispute took a knock with the Nirmohi Akhara, a key party in the title suit, announcin...
17 Oct, 2010, 10.59 AM IST
Ayodhya case: Stage set for Round 2 in SCEfforts to get an out of court settlement of the Ayodhya dispute took severe knock on Saturday with Nirmohi Akhara, announcing it would cha...
17 Oct, 2010, 01.25 AM IST
- Darul-uloom issues fatwa against photography
Leading Islamic seminary Darul-uloom Deoband has issued a fatwa banning photography, terming it as unlawful and against Shariat laws.
06 Sep, 2007, 02.50 PM IST
- Imrana's father-in-law found guilty
A court here on Thursday held Ali Mohammed guilty of raping his daughter-in-law Imrana, over a year after the case sparked a nation-wide fu...
20 Oct, 2006, 02.15 AM IST