Personal Law
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Conundrum of Modification and Application of Personal Law, Customs, and Religious Doctrines in Society
Personal Laws and Customs are integral to societal behaviour and norms. Invalidating them vide avenues of Legal Fiction often results in intruding into the lives of citizens, thereby eroding their… Read more.
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Beginning of a new epoch for Muslim women
Recently with the verdict of the Supreme Court calling the practice of triple talaq as unconstitutional has paved a golden way towards religious reforms in the Muslim personal laws against… Read more.
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UNIFORM CIVIL CODE- Is the time still not ripe?
Art 44 lays down a very significant directive principle of state policy- “State shall endeavour to secure for its citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India”. However,… Read more.
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Delhi High Court playing with “Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage”
Is “irretrievable breakdown” of marriage is ground for dissolution of marriage by divorce, under Hindu Marriage Act, 1955? The answer to this question clearly is that no such express provision has… Read more.
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Breaking the Barriers of Religion Imposed over Women in India
Recently, the High Court of Bombay has pronounced a judgement on the Public Interest Litigation filed by Dr Noorjehan Safia Niaz and Zakia Soman (co-founders of Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan) over… Read more.
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Constitutional Scrutiny of Personal Laws
Constitution is the incomparable and central law of our nation is not only an archive constituting and constraining the Government, however, an epitome of the qualities and ethics of a… Read more.
