NEW DELHI – India's government on Wednesday approved an ordinance to implement a top court ruling striking down the Muslim practice that allows men to instantly divorce. The government decision came ...

Divorce is a significant aspect of family law in the UAE, governing both Muslims and non-Muslims. Previously, Federal Law No. 28 of 2005 regulated personal status matters for both Muslims and ...

Sept. 3 (UPI) --Since a law making it illegal for Muslim men to divorce their wives by pronouncing the word "talaq" three times was finally passed by the Indian parliament at the end of July, it has ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's lower house of parliament passed a bill on Thursday aimed at prosecuting Muslim men who divorce their wives through the "triple talaq", or instant divorce. The bill now ...

Holding a Muslim woman's right to unilateral divorce through the Khula form of divorce under the Muslim Personal Law as absolute, the Telangana High Court has reignited conversations on marital ...

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

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled a Muslim instant divorce law unconstitutional, a landmark victory for Muslim women who have spent decades arguing that it violated their ...

Marriage, as prescribed by Allah, is the lawful union of a man and a woman based on mutual consent. Ideally, the purpose of marriage is to foster a state of tranquility, love and compassion in Islam, ...

NEW DELHI — India’s government on Wednesday approved an ordinance to implement a top court ruling striking down the Muslim practice that allows men to instantly divorce. The government decision came ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — The government will have another six months to get Parliament's approval for the ordinance, which bans husbands from divorcing their wives by uttering an Arabic word three times. NEW ...