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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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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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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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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.
