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Uniform Civil Code A "Constitutional Ambition": Top Court On Shariat Plea
The court asked lawyer Prashant Bhushan to ensure that some aggrieved Muslim women are part of the proceedings.
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"Ask Centre": Supreme Court On Nimisha Priya Case Negotiators' Yemen Travel
The Supreme Court has asked a private organisation, which is making efforts for the safe release of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, to approach the Centre to seek permission to travel to the Middle Eastern country for negotiations to stall her execution.
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Islamic Court Judgments Not Legally Valid Or Enforceable: Supreme Court
Islamic courts like "Qazi's Court", "Kaziyat's Court (Darul Qaza)" or "Sharia Court' have no recognition in law, the Supreme Court has reiterated.
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Muslims Can Adopt Without Declaring Under Shariat Law, Says Delhi Court
A Delhi court, dismissing a partition suit, held that any individual belonging to the Muslim community can adopt a child without making a declaration under the Shariat Act.
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Supreme Court To Hear Muslim Woman's Request For Equal Property Share
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea filed by a Muslim woman who claimed the provision of Shariat law to the extent of not giving equal share to a female compared to a male is "discriminatory" is violative of rights.
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Muslim Women Can Approach Only Family Court For Divorce: Madras High Court
It is open for a Muslim woman to exercise her inalienable right to dissolve marriage by 'Khula' (divorce proceeding initiated by wife) by approaching a family court and not private bodies such as a Shariat Council, the Madras High Court has ruled.
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Abandoned After Triple Talaq, Muslim Women See Hope In Supreme Court
When his daughter, who had been harassed for dowry and even tortured, was divorced by her husband uttering the word talaq thrice, Ghaziabad-based carpenter Mr Sabir this week decided to reach out to the most powerful person he could think of - the local MLA.
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Pakistan's Top Shariat Court Legalises 'Test Tube Babies'
Pakistan's top Shariat court has validated the option of using 'test tube baby' method for conceiving for the married couples having some medical complications.
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Ban All Illegal 'Sharia' Courts: Madras High Court Tells Tamil Nadu
The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Tamil Nadu government to ban all unauthorised 'Sharia' courts functioning on premises of mosques in the state while hearing a petition of a man who was allegedly forced to give talaq by one such court in the city.
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Supreme Court Asks Centre To File Committee Report On Personal Laws
The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to file before it the report of a committee which was constituted earlier to look into the aspects of personal laws relating to marriage, divorce and custody prevalent in various religious minorities, including Muslims.
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Uniform Civil Code A "Constitutional Ambition": Top Court On Shariat Plea
The court asked lawyer Prashant Bhushan to ensure that some aggrieved Muslim women are part of the proceedings.
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"Ask Centre": Supreme Court On Nimisha Priya Case Negotiators' Yemen Travel
The Supreme Court has asked a private organisation, which is making efforts for the safe release of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, to approach the Centre to seek permission to travel to the Middle Eastern country for negotiations to stall her execution.
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Islamic Court Judgments Not Legally Valid Or Enforceable: Supreme Court
Islamic courts like "Qazi's Court", "Kaziyat's Court (Darul Qaza)" or "Sharia Court' have no recognition in law, the Supreme Court has reiterated.
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Muslims Can Adopt Without Declaring Under Shariat Law, Says Delhi Court
A Delhi court, dismissing a partition suit, held that any individual belonging to the Muslim community can adopt a child without making a declaration under the Shariat Act.
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Supreme Court To Hear Muslim Woman's Request For Equal Property Share
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea filed by a Muslim woman who claimed the provision of Shariat law to the extent of not giving equal share to a female compared to a male is "discriminatory" is violative of rights.
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Muslim Women Can Approach Only Family Court For Divorce: Madras High Court
It is open for a Muslim woman to exercise her inalienable right to dissolve marriage by 'Khula' (divorce proceeding initiated by wife) by approaching a family court and not private bodies such as a Shariat Council, the Madras High Court has ruled.
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Abandoned After Triple Talaq, Muslim Women See Hope In Supreme Court
When his daughter, who had been harassed for dowry and even tortured, was divorced by her husband uttering the word talaq thrice, Ghaziabad-based carpenter Mr Sabir this week decided to reach out to the most powerful person he could think of - the local MLA.
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Pakistan's Top Shariat Court Legalises 'Test Tube Babies'
Pakistan's top Shariat court has validated the option of using 'test tube baby' method for conceiving for the married couples having some medical complications.
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Ban All Illegal 'Sharia' Courts: Madras High Court Tells Tamil Nadu
The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Tamil Nadu government to ban all unauthorised 'Sharia' courts functioning on premises of mosques in the state while hearing a petition of a man who was allegedly forced to give talaq by one such court in the city.
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Supreme Court Asks Centre To File Committee Report On Personal Laws
The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to file before it the report of a committee which was constituted earlier to look into the aspects of personal laws relating to marriage, divorce and custody prevalent in various religious minorities, including Muslims.
