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A kind of churning has begun in Kerala Muslim society with women coming out openly against the religion-based personal laws imposed on them through the

According to Muslim Personal Law, if a person dies leaving behind daughters and no sons, the daughters are entitled to inherit only two-thirds of the deceased’s property. The rest will go to his/her siblings.

On February 27, the Allahabad High Court gave six weeks’ time to the Government of India to file a counter affidavit in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL)

The Allahabad High Court has issued a notice to the Attorney General for India on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea challenging the validity of the Muslim Personal (Shariat) Application Act,...

The court was dealing with a petition seeking the declaration of Nikah-Halala and polygamy, practiced among Muslims, as illegal and unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea filed by a Muslim woman who claimed the provision of Shariat law to the extent of not giving equal share to a female compared to a male is "discriminatory" is violative of rights.

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea of a Muslim woman who claimed that the partition of the property as per Shariat Law is discriminatory.

The much-talked-about second marriage of the couple was held on Women’s Day to send a message that Muslim girls should have equal rights in the inheritance of their parents, a provision that is absent in the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act of 1937

A Muslim couple in Kerala's Kasaragod district are going to take their wedding vows again under the Special Marriage Act (SMA) for ensuring the financial security of their three daughters.

It is open for a Muslim woman to exercise her inalienable right to dissolve marriage by 'Khula' (divorce proceeding initiated by wife) by approaching a family court and not private bodies such as a Shariat Council, the Madras High Court has ruled.