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What Changes After Assam Scraps Muslim Marriage Registration Law
- Saturday February 24, 2024
- India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Chandrajit Mitra
The Assam government has decided to repeal the personal law governing marriages and divorces among Muslims in a big push towards a Uniform Civil Code (ICC).
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Assam To Repeal Muslim Marriage Act In Big Push For Uniform Civil Code
- Friday February 23, 2024
- India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury
Less than three weeks after Uttarakhand became the first state in independent India to pass legislation on a Uniform Civil Code, Assam has taken its first step towards a similar law by repealing the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act.
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Muslim Women Need No Legal Order To Record Divorce: Kerala High Court
- Tuesday January 16, 2024
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Kerala High Court has held that a divorced Muslim woman need not be sent to a court of law for recording the talaq if it is otherwise in order as per the personal law.
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Many Marriages Would Be At Risk If Minor Disputes Seen As "Cruelty": Court
- Thursday November 30, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Allahabad High Court has observed that if small disputes in a marriage are viewed as "cruelty" by courts under divorce law, then many marriages would risk being dissolved even if there is no actual cruelty by either spouse.
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96% Drop In Divorces Among Muslims Since Triple Talaq Law: Kerala Governer
- Thursday July 13, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
The rate of divorce among Muslims has "come down by 96 per cent" since triple talaq was made a punishable offence under the law in 2019 and this has benefitted women and children, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan said on Thursday.
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Refusing Sex To Spouse For Long Time "Mental Cruelty": Allahabad High Court
- Friday May 26, 2023
- India News | Edited by Akhil Kumar
The court noted that the appellant, Ravindra Pratap Yadav, has alleged his wife Asha Devi "had no respect for marital bond, denied to discharge obligation of marital liability", and that there has been a "complete breakdown" of their marriage.
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Supreme Court's Huge Order On 6-Month Waiting Period For Divorce
- Monday May 1, 2023
- India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Akhil Kumar
The original issue referred to the Constitution Bench was whether the mandatory waiting period for divorce by mutual consent as prescribed under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act could be waived.
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"Why Criminalise Triple Talaq When...": Kerala Chief Minister
- Tuesday February 21, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan lashed out at the BJP-led government at the Centre over the Triple Talaq law, questioning why the practice of instant divorce among Muslims was "criminalised when divorces happen in all religions".
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Triple Talaq Cases Dropped By 80% After Enactment Of Law: Kerala Governor
- Tuesday August 10, 2021
- India News | Asian News International
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Monday said that cases of divorces in the Muslim community have dropped by 80 per cent since the Muslim Women (Protection Of Rights On Marriage) Act was enacted.
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Man Arrested For Divorcing Wife Through Triple Talaq In Maharashtra: Police
- Friday August 28, 2020
- Cities | Press Trust of India
A 27-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly torturing his wife and also giving instant triple talaq to her, a practice now banned under law, the police said.
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216 Police Cases Filed In UP In First 3 Weeks Since Triple Talaq Law
- Tuesday August 27, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Uttar Pradesh is witnessing a spurt in triple talaq cases, with 216 FIRs filed by Muslim women since the enactment of the law which makes the practice of instant divorce a punishable offence.
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Angry Over Daughter Crying, Indore Man Gives Wife Triple Talaq: Police
- Wednesday August 21, 2019
- Cities | Press Trust of India
Days after Parliament passed the law penalising instant triple talaq, a 25-year-old Muslim man in Madhya Pradesh's Indore allegedly divorced his wife on the spot following an argument over his one-year-old daughter disturbing his sleep.
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New Triple Talaq Law Challenged In Supreme Court, Delhi High Court
- Friday August 2, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
The new legislation which makes the practice of instant divorce through ''triple talaq'' among Muslims a punishable offence with 3-year imprisonment was challenged in the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court on Friday.
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Mathura Registers Case Under New Triple Talaq Law
- Friday August 2, 2019
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
Under the newly enacted law that prohibits instant pronouncement of "triple talaq", a case has been registered in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura, where a man allegedly divorced his wife in the middle of a road for refusing to arrange a dowry amount of Rs 1 lakh, police said.
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On Triple Talaq Bill, Government, Opposition Clash Again: 10 Points
- Friday June 21, 2019
- India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Debanish Achom
A fresh bill to outlaw the Muslim practice of a man divorcing his wife instantly by uttering "talaq" thrice, which got stalled in the upper house of parliament and lapsed, was introduced in the Lok Sabha today. The government countered the opposition's charge that it was a "discriminatory" bill by pointing out that the Supreme Court's order ...
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What Changes After Assam Scraps Muslim Marriage Registration Law
- Saturday February 24, 2024
- India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Chandrajit Mitra
The Assam government has decided to repeal the personal law governing marriages and divorces among Muslims in a big push towards a Uniform Civil Code (ICC).
- www.ndtv.com
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Assam To Repeal Muslim Marriage Act In Big Push For Uniform Civil Code
- Friday February 23, 2024
- India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury
Less than three weeks after Uttarakhand became the first state in independent India to pass legislation on a Uniform Civil Code, Assam has taken its first step towards a similar law by repealing the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act.
- www.ndtv.com
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Muslim Women Need No Legal Order To Record Divorce: Kerala High Court
- Tuesday January 16, 2024
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Kerala High Court has held that a divorced Muslim woman need not be sent to a court of law for recording the talaq if it is otherwise in order as per the personal law.
- www.ndtv.com
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Many Marriages Would Be At Risk If Minor Disputes Seen As "Cruelty": Court
- Thursday November 30, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Allahabad High Court has observed that if small disputes in a marriage are viewed as "cruelty" by courts under divorce law, then many marriages would risk being dissolved even if there is no actual cruelty by either spouse.
- www.ndtv.com
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96% Drop In Divorces Among Muslims Since Triple Talaq Law: Kerala Governer
- Thursday July 13, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
The rate of divorce among Muslims has "come down by 96 per cent" since triple talaq was made a punishable offence under the law in 2019 and this has benefitted women and children, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan said on Thursday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Refusing Sex To Spouse For Long Time "Mental Cruelty": Allahabad High Court
- Friday May 26, 2023
- India News | Edited by Akhil Kumar
The court noted that the appellant, Ravindra Pratap Yadav, has alleged his wife Asha Devi "had no respect for marital bond, denied to discharge obligation of marital liability", and that there has been a "complete breakdown" of their marriage.
- www.ndtv.com
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Supreme Court's Huge Order On 6-Month Waiting Period For Divorce
- Monday May 1, 2023
- India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Akhil Kumar
The original issue referred to the Constitution Bench was whether the mandatory waiting period for divorce by mutual consent as prescribed under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act could be waived.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Why Criminalise Triple Talaq When...": Kerala Chief Minister
- Tuesday February 21, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan lashed out at the BJP-led government at the Centre over the Triple Talaq law, questioning why the practice of instant divorce among Muslims was "criminalised when divorces happen in all religions".
- www.ndtv.com
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Triple Talaq Cases Dropped By 80% After Enactment Of Law: Kerala Governor
- Tuesday August 10, 2021
- India News | Asian News International
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Monday said that cases of divorces in the Muslim community have dropped by 80 per cent since the Muslim Women (Protection Of Rights On Marriage) Act was enacted.
- www.ndtv.com
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Man Arrested For Divorcing Wife Through Triple Talaq In Maharashtra: Police
- Friday August 28, 2020
- Cities | Press Trust of India
A 27-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly torturing his wife and also giving instant triple talaq to her, a practice now banned under law, the police said.
- www.ndtv.com
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216 Police Cases Filed In UP In First 3 Weeks Since Triple Talaq Law
- Tuesday August 27, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Uttar Pradesh is witnessing a spurt in triple talaq cases, with 216 FIRs filed by Muslim women since the enactment of the law which makes the practice of instant divorce a punishable offence.
- www.ndtv.com
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Angry Over Daughter Crying, Indore Man Gives Wife Triple Talaq: Police
- Wednesday August 21, 2019
- Cities | Press Trust of India
Days after Parliament passed the law penalising instant triple talaq, a 25-year-old Muslim man in Madhya Pradesh's Indore allegedly divorced his wife on the spot following an argument over his one-year-old daughter disturbing his sleep.
- www.ndtv.com
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New Triple Talaq Law Challenged In Supreme Court, Delhi High Court
- Friday August 2, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
The new legislation which makes the practice of instant divorce through ''triple talaq'' among Muslims a punishable offence with 3-year imprisonment was challenged in the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court on Friday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Mathura Registers Case Under New Triple Talaq Law
- Friday August 2, 2019
- India News | Indo-Asian News Service
Under the newly enacted law that prohibits instant pronouncement of "triple talaq", a case has been registered in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura, where a man allegedly divorced his wife in the middle of a road for refusing to arrange a dowry amount of Rs 1 lakh, police said.
- www.ndtv.com
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On Triple Talaq Bill, Government, Opposition Clash Again: 10 Points
- Friday June 21, 2019
- India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Debanish Achom
A fresh bill to outlaw the Muslim practice of a man divorcing his wife instantly by uttering "talaq" thrice, which got stalled in the upper house of parliament and lapsed, was introduced in the Lok Sabha today. The government countered the opposition's charge that it was a "discriminatory" bill by pointing out that the Supreme Court's order ...
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