Personal Law News

In case of an oral Will, the intention of the testator to make a Will must be clear and need to be proved, if challengedMuslims can’t dispose entire property through a will

Under Muslim law, as long as the person is alive, the property owned by him is his absolute property and no right of any legal heirs accrues until his death

However, Indian citizens who are Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, or Buddhists are allowed to formally adopt

The PIL claims that the provisions of Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937 in so far as it recognizes and validates the 'sinful form' of Nikah-Halala and polygamy, grossly injures the fundamental rights of married Muslim women

AIMPLB said that the bill proposing to criminalize triple talaq and the Babri Masjid/Ram Janmabhoomi dispute will be discussed at a plenary meeting of the board in Hyderabad

The prevailing wind around the world is to insert religion into matters of state in the so-called national interest, a streak which will complicate functioning of liberal democracies and deny freedoms they were designed to protect

The law commission had decided to go slow on its uniform civil code report as the Supreme Court was examining the issue of triple talaq

It fails to establish broader principles about the relationship between freedom of religion and other fundamental rights

Congress MP Husain Dalwai says the first street protest against triple talaq was led by Hamid Dawai and his wife Mehrunnisa, who advanced the cause of reforms within the Muslim community

But the divorce rate for Muslim men is close to the national average, suggesting that triple talaq is biased against Muslim women in India