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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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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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No Legal Binding to Accept Shariat Court Fatwas: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today rejected a petition seeking to ban Sharia courts, but stressed that they have no legal powers over Muslims and their decisions cannot be enforced.
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Shariat Courts Have No Legal Sanction: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Shariat courts have no legal sanction and no one is bound to accept a fatwa or diktat by such courts.
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Shariat Courts Unconstitutional? Supreme Court to Deliver Verdict Today
The Supreme Court will deliver a judgement on Monday on whether Shariat courts are unconstitutional or not.
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Fatwas are political-religious views, can't interfere, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has said that it cannot interfere with fatwas or religious decrees issued by Muslim clerics.
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Pakistan appoints first female judge to sharia court
Pakistan's national sharia court, which hears cases under the country's Islamic legislation, on Monday appointed a female judge for the first time in its 33-year history.
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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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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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No Legal Binding to Accept Shariat Court Fatwas: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today rejected a petition seeking to ban Sharia courts, but stressed that they have no legal powers over Muslims and their decisions cannot be enforced.
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Shariat Courts Have No Legal Sanction: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Shariat courts have no legal sanction and no one is bound to accept a fatwa or diktat by such courts.
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Shariat Courts Unconstitutional? Supreme Court to Deliver Verdict Today
The Supreme Court will deliver a judgement on Monday on whether Shariat courts are unconstitutional or not.
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Fatwas are political-religious views, can't interfere, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has said that it cannot interfere with fatwas or religious decrees issued by Muslim clerics.
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Pakistan appoints first female judge to sharia court
Pakistan's national sharia court, which hears cases under the country's Islamic legislation, on Monday appointed a female judge for the first time in its 33-year history.
