Mohammedan Law

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ruled that a young Muslim girl cannot be branded an "illegitimate" child because her father had married two sisters, one after the other, despite a specific prohibition under the Muslim Personal Law, which permitted marrying another woman only after 'talaq'.

Delhi High Court has ruled that a minor Muslim girl can marry if she has attained puberty. The court cited the Muslim Personal Law for allowing a minor to continue to live in her husband's home and rejecting her mother's plea to declare the marriage void. The judgement has, and rightly so, sparked outraged and much debate. But the court ruling shou...

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ruled that a young Muslim girl cannot be branded an "illegitimate" child because her father had married two sisters, one after the other, despite a specific prohibition under the Muslim Personal Law, which permitted marrying another woman only after 'talaq'.

Delhi High Court has ruled that a minor Muslim girl can marry if she has attained puberty. The court cited the Muslim Personal Law for allowing a minor to continue to live in her husband's home and rejecting her mother's plea to declare the marriage void. The judgement has, and rightly so, sparked outraged and much debate. But the court ruling shou...