Bill to ban polygamy tabled in Assam Assembly by Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam polygamy bill: CM Sarma had said on an earlier occasion that polygamy in the state would attract a minimum punishment of seven years ...
25 Nov, 2025, 01.26 PM IST
Kerala HC says polygamy out of bounds for Muslim men lacking meansThe Kerala High Court has stated that it cannot accept multiple marriages of a Muslim man lacking the capacity to support his wives, especi...
20 Sep, 2025, 05.37 PM IST
Assam govt tables bill to register Muslim marriages and divorcesThe Assam government on Thursday last introduced a bill to repeal a law to register marriages and divorces of Muslims reasoning that it had...
28 Aug, 2024, 09.45 AM IST
NDA needs more than 400 seats in LS elections to implement UCC in country: HimantaAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma outlines NDA's goals, asserting over 400 Lok Sabha seats needed for Uniform Civil Code (UCC) imple...
11 May, 2024, 03.57 PM IST
Kangana Ranaut's Oops Moment: Actress mistakes satire on anti-cheating bill for relationship legislationBollywood actress Kangana Ranaut sparked controversy after mistakenly believing a satirical post about the Anti-Cheat Bill to be genuine le...
25 Feb, 2024, 01.43 PM IST
HC refuses to entertain plea challenging assumed absolute discretion of Muslim husband to give divorce to wifeThe Delhi High Court has rejected two petitions challenging the Muslim husband's authority to pronounce divorce (talaq-ul-sunnat) without r...
18 Sep, 2023, 05.47 PM IST
Delhi HC seeks Centre's stand on PIL to declare bigamy, polygamy by Muslim husband unconstitutionalA bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla directed the respondents to file their response and issued notice on ...
02 May, 2022, 06.40 PM IST
SC to examine if one can challenge another’s religious practicesWhile deciding the reference made to a bench of nine judges in the Sabarimala case, the Supreme Court will examine if a PIL can challenge t...
11 Feb, 2020, 07.31 AM IST
We expect an early solution to Naga issue: Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang371A is a special provision for Nagaland. Within that provision, the GoI also has to allow certain independence like on customary practices.
29 Oct, 2017, 12.00 AM IST
Constitution bench to decide petitions on triple talaq: SCThe bench had made it clear to the parties concerned that it would not deal with the factual aspects of the particular case and would rathe...
16 Feb, 2017, 03.53 PM IST
No one can change personal law: Khalid Rasheed Firangi MahaliA 2015 study, released by the BMMA that has been working for over a decade for the abolishment of the practice, showed that nearly one in 1...
23 Oct, 2016, 12.54 PM IST
Muslim women in Islamic countries enjoy more equality than in India: Maneka Gandhi"The Centre's stand on triple talaq is right. We should be thinking about rights of women. The practice is not prevalent in other Muslim co...
07 Oct, 2016, 09.49 PM IST
'Margaret Thatcher wanted to stop second wives from entering UK'"The country would be with us on this. We would be crazy to discriminate in favour of the coloured Commonwealth against the UK," Thatcher t...
21 Jul, 2016, 08.06 PM IST
Freedom from triple talaq: Goa shows the wayIf a referendum with secret voting is held among Muslim women, they will surely opt to abolish triple talaq and polygamy . But they are not...
03 Apr, 2016, 10.26 AM IST
Personal law should be subject to fundamental rights: FM Arun JaitleySC asked the government why polygamy in the Muslim community should not be banned and sought the Centre’s response on framing a Uniform Civ...
29 Nov, 2015, 11.33 AM IST
Is a common civil code a good idea?A Supreme Court bench, hearing a case on a Hindu woman's petition on inheritance, was recently stirred into ordering an examination of prac...
02 Nov, 2015, 11.24 AM IST
Will play an active role to clear doubts on Muslim laws: All India Muslim Personal Law BoardOver the issue of 'Love Jihad' raised by right wing outfits, All India Muslim Personal Law Board has decided to remove misconceptions among...
15 Sep, 2014, 02.52 PM IST