The Kerala High Court has held that a husband’s consent or acceptance is immaterial when a Muslim wife invokes khula, and that a Family Court asked to endorse it need only check three ingredients rather than hold a detailed inquiry.
Justice Sanjeev Narula of the Delhi High Court has refused to quash an FIR under Section 64(1) of the BNS and Section 6 of POCSO against a man who married a 16-year-old girl, holding that a marriage recognised under Muslim personal law confers no immunity, since the age of eighteen under POCSO and the BNS cannot be replaced by puberty.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced through his social media on Saturday that the state has revoked the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, which had been in place for nearly ninety years. The Assam government has officially annulled the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act of 1935, a legislation rooted in […]
