The Supreme Court issued notice to the Centre on a petition filed by the National Commission for Women (NCW) to raise the minimum age of marriage for Muslim girls on par with people belonging to other religions. The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha sought a response […]

HC : 17-year-old Muslim girl is eligible to marry any person of her choice under the Muslim Personal Law. Further the court grants protection the girl.

As regards the practice of oral triple talaq also, much before the legislature enacted the law, prohibiting the same and making it an offence punishable with imprisonment, the judiciary put lot of restrictions on the said practice.

In a path-breaking move, Hana Khatib became the first ever woman to be sworn in as a judge to Israel’s Muslim religious court system on Monday. She is the first woman to chair a religious court in the Jewish state. Hana was sworn-in as a judge in a ceremony at the presidential residence in Jerusalem. […]

The triple talaq debate has led the Law Commission to issue a questionnaire to know the public’s point of view on whether the Union Civil Code (UCC) will be a better option to deal with anti-women practices in various religions. This has created quite a stir in the All India Muslim Personal Law Board which […]