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Assam to move ahead with UCC as Himanta defends reform push, targets Rs 10 lakh crore economy by 2028Assam's Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is pushing for a Uniform Civil Code, stating it will empower minority women and promote equality...
Aamir Khan’s co-star, who left Bollywood after marrying into a Muslim family, opens up about quitting films, interfaith marriage and divorcePooja Bedi stepped away from Bollywood after her 1994 marriage to Farhan Furniturewala, prioritizing her family life and traditional in-law...
SC seeks details of FIRs, charge sheets against men for divorcing wives through triple talaqThe Supreme Court has directed the Centre to provide details of FIRs and chargesheets filed under the 2019 Muslim Women (Protection of Righ...
Registration of muslim marriages, divorces in Assam a must nowThe Assam assembly has passed a bill mandating the registration of Muslim marriages and divorces. This new legislation ensures marriages wi...
Nikah without a qazi! Assam approves new law for mandatory registration of Muslim marriages, divorcesThe Assam cabinet has approved a proposed law requiring Muslims to register marriages and divorces with the government, bypassing the role ...
Centre defends 2019 law on triple talaq in SC, says practice 'fatal' for marriageThe Centre defended its 2019 triple talaq law before the Supreme Court, arguing it was essential to protect Muslim women's rights and suppo...
SC verdict on maintenance to Muslim women brings back memories of 1985 Shah Bano caseSupreme Court decision echoes Shah Bano case, affirming Muslim women's right to seek maintenance. Controversy over obligations of Muslim hu...
LS passes bill to remove leprosy as ground for divorceThe bill seeks to remove leprosy as a ground for divorce in five personal laws -- Hindu Marriage Act, Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, ...
Freeze on triple talaq bill means Muslim women stay less equalThe disagreement is not merely about the criminalisation of triple talaq, an iniquitous practice that had the sanction of law until the Sup...
Triple talaq bill also against welfare of muslim women: Darul Uloom VCSeminary says if man is sent to jail then the fate of his wife and children hangs in the balance.
Congress backs triple talaq bill, Khurshid strikes discordant noteAmong other things, the 'Muslim women Protection of Rights on Marriage' Bill provides for a 3-year jail term to those found guilty of prono...
AIMPLB to request PM Modi to withdraw triple talaq bill"If government want to stop triple talaq, then it can take our suggestions. We will help in solving the issues under the constitutional pro...
Why the Triple Talaq verdict will not trigger an instant revolutionMany have long deplored the persistence among Indian Muslims of the practice of talaq-e-biddat, in which a man unilaterally dissolves his m...
Law panel examining Kerala High Court verdict that repudiated practice of Triple TalaqIndia’s law commission is examining a judgement delivered on the issue of triple talaq by Kerala High Court that explicitly called for legi...
Triple talaq is not the best way but it happens: Asaduddin OwaisiAll India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has argued that these practices are part of essential practice under the religion.
Equality before law denied to Muslim women in matter of triple talaq: Kerala HCIn its 60-page judgement, the court said entire exercise is to alert the state that justice has become elusive to Muslim women and remedy l...
Supreme Court grants Centre four weeks to respond on triple talaq issueThe Solicitor General had sought time mentioning that the Centre had to file its response to a suo motu writ filed on the direction of the ...
Supreme Court asks Centre to file committee report on personal lawsA bench comprising Chief justice TS Thakur and Justice UU Lalit asked Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, ...
SC can't question Muslim personal law: JamiatThe assertion marks a challenge to the intent to extend gender equality to Muslim women and can open a fresh phase in the fraught debate.
Supreme Court prods Centre on uniform civil code; expresses concern over arbitrary divorcesThe court insisted that the issue cannot be left to state policy as it involved the Fundamental Rights of a particular section of women.