March 14, 2018 8:27 pm
The petition has said that by virtue of Muslim Personal Law, section 494 of IPC (marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife) was rendered inapplicable to Muslims and no married woman from the community has the avenue of filing a complaint against her husband for the offence of bigamy.
August 02, 2017 3:59 pm
"After the implementation of the Uttar Pradesh Marriage Registration Guidelines-2017, all marriages taking place within the state or where either of the parties is a permanent resident of Uttar Pradesh, will have to be registered," a state government release had said.
June 18, 2014 2:03 am
The draft law called the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act, will be released on Wednesday.
May 27, 2013 5:04 pm
Facing death threats,couple tells Pakistan clergy to mind its own business.
August 17, 2012 5:56 pm
Parents of the woman,who are British citizens,had arranged for her to marry a man in B'desh.
November 16, 2011 12:01 am
If nikah was ordinary civil contract,a spouse could not have claimed maintenance.