Muslim Personal Law

The Congress is against the UCC as it challenges its long-standing Muslim appeasement strategy to win elections.

The Assam govt on Thursday approved the decision to repeal the colonial-era Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act and Rules 1935.

Allahabad HC said that a Hindu and a Muslim can marry under the Special Marriage Act, MP HC ruled that such marriages violate Sharia Law and conversion is must before marriage

The Adilabad police have arrested a man for declaring the banned instant 'triple talaq' to his wife via WhatsApp message.

Congress party's stance on inheritance tax, coupled with its longstanding support of Muslim personal laws, which govern inheritance-related matters among Muslims, it does appear that Congress is eyeing inherited properties of only Hindus.

Instead of removing provisions pertaining to the marriage of minors from the legislation, the Congress govt in 2013 increased the registration charges for such marriages from 4 annas to ₹10.

The Kerala HC noted if the divorce is acquired under Muslim personal law, a Muslim woman does not need to go to court to record talaq.

Godrej's Rs 227 crores land deal in Nagpur is stuck after heirs cited Sharia Law that doesn't allow widows to sell property.

Given the resistance by the Opposition and the previous committee towards the term 'uniformity', it is imperative that the Centre in its UCC draft publishes a specified definition of the term in the context of equality not only within but also amongst personal laws.

NCW said that the “non-codified” nature of the Muslim personal law has led to misinterpretation and posed significant challenges for Muslim women.