The Kerala High Court’s decision to deny permission for constructing a new place of worship, saying the state was “exhausted with religious places and prayer halls,” throws up several questions for other states where the spread of religious places is on the rise
The practice of talaq-e-hasan permits a Muslim man to divorce his wife by saying the word talaq once a month for three consecutive months. The Court will now hear the matter again on October 11.
The Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that the Court cannot decide under PIL jurisdiction as to when a Hindu can execute will or a Muslim can dedicate property to the Waqf.
In a sign of hope, courts have taken a progressive view of such marriages and left it to individuals to decide who they should marry. In some cases, states have been pulled up for their narrow views.
The Court allowed the petition on the ground of the woman being an adult and said, "the woman has the right to live her life on her own terms." The Court also quashed an FIR lodged against the couple in Kotwali Dehat Police Station of District Etah.
In a split verdict for which elaborate reasons were given, a larger apex court bench will decide whether family courts can hear Muslim women’s maintenance pleas