SC seeks centre's views on pleas challenging polygamy, Nikah HalalaHolding that the issues were "very serious and important", the top court in 2018 had constituted a five-judge constitution bench to adjudic...
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...
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...
Arun Jaitley reminds Rahul Gandhi about his father's "monumental mistake" on Triple TalaqHis comments came after Congress reportedly promised to scrap the triple talaq law if the party comes to power in the general elections.
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...
SC directs UP govt to ensure treatment, award compensation to Nikah halala petitionerShabnam Rani was last week attacked with acid in Bulandshahr and it has been alleged that a close relative and his friend were involved in ...
Supreme Court seeks Uttar Pradesh government response on Nikah Halala petitioner’s pleaRani has challenged this practice as violative of gender equality guaranteed to all citizens under the Constitution. Personal laws of any r...
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...
Social activist Nida Khan to get more security: UP PoliceThe Bareilly administration has decided to step up the security of social activist Nida Khan, who had come out in support of a nikah halala...
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...
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...
Government likely to consult Arif Khan on nikah halalaThe Centre has formed a team led by AG to mount a strong opposition to the practices of nikah halala and polygamy when the matter comes up ...
Supreme Court agrees for urgent listing of pleas against 'nikah-halala', polygamyA bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the submissions of senior advocate ...
Team AG to build strong case against Nikah Halala in Supreme CourtGovt sources said the AG has been directed to present a strong case that will stand the scrutiny of the Supreme Court.
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 ...
Fresh plea in SC against polygamy, nikah halalaWhile polygamy allows a Muslim man to have four wives, 'nikah halala' deals with the process in which a Muslim woman, who wants to re-marry...
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...