The Gwalior Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court (HC) has pronounced a decision which may significantly impact the course of ...

Justice Kauser Edappagath was hearing a plea challenging a 2012 family court decision that denied maintenance to a divorced ...

The Telangana High Court reaffirmed that Muslim women have the unilateral right to khula, requiring only their clear declaration and willingness to return mehr, and husband’s consent is not necessary.

Najma’s case highlights that consent is essential in a Muslim marriage, which is a contractual agreement requiring the woman’s free approval—absence of which can invalidate the marriage. Muslim ...

The actual Muslim wedding is known as a nikah. It is a simple ceremony, at which the bride does not have to be present so long as she sends two witnesses to the drawn-up agreement. Normally, the ...

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Sri Lankan activists are at the center of a decades-long battle to reform the country’s Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act. When the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami receded from Sri Lanka’s coasts, leaving a ...

The Supreme Court has made a pivotal ruling that requires bridegrooms to return any financial gifts received from their father-in-law upon divorce, directing that these gifts should revert to the ...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday delivered a significant boost to the financial autonomy of divorced Muslim women, ruling that they can recover all wedding gifts—cash, gold and other ...