Polygamy in Assam: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday addressed a Bharatiya Janata Party ally parties meeting in Tinsukia and said to media that the state government, in the next 45 days, will finalize the Bill to ban polygamy in the state.
The accused Samuel Rappylee Bateman travelled to several cities to have sex with the minor girls on a regular basis. He was also charged with the production of child pornography.
The apex court issued notice to the Centre on the petition filed by one Farjana and tagged the matter along with a batch of petitions to be heard by the constitution bench.
Nikah-halala is a practice intended to curb the incidence of divorce under which a man cannot remarry his former wife without her having to go through the process of marrying someone else, consummating it, getting divorced and observing a separation period called 'Iddat' before coming back to him.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the submission that the previous five-judge constitution bench, in its 2017 verdict, had kept open the issue of polygamy and 'nikah halala' while quashing triple talaq.
The apex court will decide the fate of the Islamic personal law practice of ‘triple talaq’ and whether it is violative of the fundamental and human rights of gender equality and dignity of Muslim women
AIMPLB informed the Supreme Court that marriage in the Muslim community is a contract and it is open for women to insist on specific clauses in the nikahnama to protect their interests and dignity
After repeatedly announcing that it would not test the validity of any issue other than triple tala, the Supreme Court on Monday clarified that it had not closed the window to scrutiny of two contentious issues: polygamy and nikah halala.
Karnataka Congress leader Ibrahim Kodijal has justified polygamy in Islam saying “it is necessary for a man to satisfy his sexual desires” and that it stops the husband from visiting sex workers when one of
Ahmedabad: In a strongly-worded order, the Gujarat High Court has said the Quran, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God, was being misinterpreted by Muslim men to have more than one wife.The High
If you thought that polygamy or more than one marriage is something prevalent only among fully-able people then you might be surprised to know the truth. As per a report in Times of India, it
New Delhi: A recently released census data showed that there are about 6.6 million more wives than husbands, thanks to men who have migrated abroad for work leaving their wives behind. The data also stated
New Delhi: Though the Islamic personal law allows Muslim men to have four wives, the Supreme Court, on Monday, said that a Muslim's fundamental right to profess Islam does not include practising polygamy.A bench of
Bangalore: One can lose out on the opportunity to become a judge if one marries a man who already has a wife. Radharani Mahadev Kolambe, 33, had secured 41st rank among 232 candidates selected for
Johannesburg, Apr 15: South African President Jacob Zuma will marry his fourth wife next weekend, his spokesman confirmed on Sunday.Mr. Zuma will tie the knot at his family homestead in Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal province, said
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