Personal Law
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NCW moves Supreme Court to make minimum age of marriage for Muslims same as other communities
The National Commission for Women said that allowing Muslims girls to marry when they attain puberty, presumed to be at 15 years, is discriminatory.
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Why has the Muslim personal law board suspended its women’s wing?
A disagreement over the hijab ban and other political matters may lie behind the rift.
Zafar Aafaq
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Cannot direct Parliament to frame law on Uniform Civil Code, Centre tells Supreme Court
The power to make law is exclusively that of the legislature, the government said in its affidavit.
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Trending
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Why are Sikhs abroad more pro-Khalistan than community members living in India?
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Kalakshetra abuse controversy should force a rethink of power hierarchies in ‘classical’ dance world
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Adani is merely a front for PM Modi, alleges Arvind Kejriwal citing ‘BJP leader’
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The dark side of wind energy along Gujarat’s coast
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Netflix India’s latest mantra: ‘You can’t be successful globally without being successful locally’
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Delhi High Court calls for a Uniform Civil Code in India, asks Centre to take necessary steps
It is a common set of laws governing marriage, divorce, succession and adoption that would replace various religious personal laws in the country.
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Demands for a uniform civil code are back and women’s groups continue to oppose it. Here’s why
With five Bharatiya Janata Party-led states passing or planning laws against ‘love jihad’, Hindutva groups have renewed their calls for a common civil code.
Aarefa Johari
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Personal laws can be preserved only if they do not contradict the Constitution: Law Commission
The panel said that ‘piecemeal changes’ can be made to personal laws to balance freedom of religion with the right to equality.
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Video
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Watch: Rescuer scales 65-foot telecom tower in Pune to save bird tangled in kite string
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Watch: Major pipeline bursts in Mumbai’s Mulund, sends water gushing high into the air
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Watch: Musician plays Sidhu Moose Wala’s song ‘295’ on the sarangi in a shopping area in Chandigarh
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Watch: A group of Pakistani artists creates huge portrait of Shah Rukh Khan on a beach
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Watch: Thunderstorm wrecks cars, brings down power lines, in Dibrugarh, Assam
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As Supreme Court decides on banning polygamy, a look at how Muslim countries deal with the practice
Save for Turkey and Tunisia, all Muslim nations allow polygamy but place restrictions on a man’s right to have multiple wives.
Ajaz Ashraf
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Triple talaq has been declared unconstitutional – but not everyone is celebrating
With uncertainty over the alternatives to triple talaq, Muslim men and women have mixed and complicated reactions to the Supreme Court’s verdict on Tuesday.
Aarefa Johari
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The Muslim Law Board has proposed a social boycott of men who use triple talaq – but is this legal?
The Supreme Court in 1962 struck down a law banning excommunications. But Maharashtra criminalised social boycotts last year.
Aarefa Johari
The Reel
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Netflix India’s latest mantra: ‘You can’t be successful globally without being successful locally’
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Start the week with a film: The very violent and very clever ‘Battle Royale’
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Review: ‘Boston Strangler’ looks for the woman in the serial killer story
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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‘Jubilee’ trailer: Series is set in the Hindi film industry of the 1940s and 1950s
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Those practising triple talaq will face social boycott, Muslim law board tells Supreme Court
However, the AIMPLB proposal drew criticism from activists who pointed out that the NGO does not govern qazis.
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Triple talaq: Muslim law board says it will tell Qazis to advise grooms against the practice
The NGO said it would urge those getting married to exclude the provision for that method of divorce in marriage contracts.
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Triple talaq case: Supreme Court reserves verdict on constitutional validity of the practice
The apex court’s bench concluded its six-day hearing on Thursday.
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The Field
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Sports world daily: IOC backs Russia’s return as neutral athletes; Messi scores 100th Argentina goal
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Football: Chhetri, Jhingan score as India win Tri-Nation title; Women’s team loses to Uzbekistan
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Spain Masters Super 300: Another chance for PV Sindhu to find her groove, Satwik-Chirag eye deep run
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Indian football: Sunil Chhetri – ‘My hunger to score is the same as it has always been’
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IPL 2023: Ben Stokes ready to start as batter but bowling will have to wait, says CSK’s Mike Hussey