Critical Analysis Conundrum of Modification and Application of Personal Law, Customs, and Religious Doctrines in Society 27 Jan 2019 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…
Constitution of India… Beginning of a new epoch for Muslim women 15 Sep 2017 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…
Civil Law… UNIFORM CIVIL CODE- Is the time still not ripe? 9 Mar 2017 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,…
Family Law… Delhi High Court playing with “Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage” 21 Feb 2017 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…
Constitution of India… Breaking the Barriers of Religion Imposed over Women in India 11 Sep 2016 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…
Constitution of India… Constitutional Scrutiny of Personal Laws 4 Sep 2016 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…
