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New SC bench to hear pleas challenging polygamy and 'nikah halala' practicesLawyer Ashwini Upadhyay filed a PIL on the issue, urging the bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB...23 Mar, 2023, 12.13 PM IST- SC to set up fresh 5-judge bench to hear pleas challenging polygamy and 'nikah halala' among MuslimsWhile polygamy allows a Muslim man to have four wives, 'nikah halala' is a process under which a divorced Muslim woman has to first marry a...24 Nov, 2022, 03.23 PM IST
- Lawyer writes to CJI seeking early hearing of pleas challenging polygamy, 'nikah halala'Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay said the matter deserves to be heard at the earliest as the issue is of public importance, gender justice, gender...02 Aug, 2020, 05.36 PM IST
- AIMPLB moves SC for impleadment in pleas challenging validity of polygamy, nikah halalaThe All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said the apex court has already dealt with the issue of practices of polygamy and nikah ha...27 Jan, 2020, 01.09 PM IST
- Centre yet to clear stand on polygamy, nikaah halala in Supreme CourtAnother petitioner Nafisa Khan wants the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939, to be declared unconstitutional and violative of Articl...28 Dec, 2018, 09.25 AM IST
- Supreme Court refers fresh plea against polygamy, 'nikah halala' to constitution benchThe apex court issued notice to the Centre on the petition filed by one Farjana and tagged the matter along with a batch of petitions to be...23 Jul, 2018, 07.07 PM IST
- BJP putting up modern face after 4 years of discrimination: Manish TewariIn the party’s first formal reaction to the government’s stand on nikah halala and polygamy, Congress has said that it is just another atte...17 Jul, 2018, 12.39 PM IST
- Before SC hearing, Modi govt builds case against Nikah Halala, polygamyIn an affidavit to be filed by ASG Tushar Mehta in SC, the Centre has decided to reiterate its stand taken during the triple talaq case and...16 Jul, 2018, 09.39 AM IST
- Meet Sameena who is leading polygamy fightThe mother of three and a resident of Delhi, Sameena is one of the main petitioners in the case along with Delhi-based advocate Ashwini Kum...03 Jul, 2018, 08.10 AM IST
- 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 ...30 Jun, 2018, 10.35 AM IST
- Will Supreme Court consider nikah halala, polygamy challenges as well?Nikah halala is the practice of temporary marriage and divorce that makes it permissible for an already divorced woman to remarry the previ...26 Aug, 2017, 01.09 AM IST
- Will deal with only triple talaq due to paucity of time: Supreme CourtThe Centre's assertion assumes significance in the backdrop of the remarks of the apex court that it will only deal with the issue of tripl...15 May, 2017, 11.26 AM IST
- 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 ...21 Apr, 2017, 03.32 PM IST
- Uttering talaq thrice does not amount to divorce: Salma AnsariVice President Hamid Ansari's wife, Salma Ansari's views on triple talaq comes at a time when there is a nationwide debate on the practice ...10 Apr, 2017, 10.32 AM IST
- Supreme Court to hear pleas challenging triple talaq on May 11A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said the matter will be heard by a Constitution bench during the su...30 Mar, 2017, 03.45 PM IST
- NCW demands ban on triple talaq, polygamy in affidavit to SCThe NCW says that its submission before the court comes in the backdrop of several complaints made to it by aggrieved Muslim women.08 Nov, 2016, 05.12 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
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