Nikah Halala

BJP criticises triple talaq, nikah halala but hasn’t yet clarified its stance; experts say tacit politicisation of personal law at heart of issue

Arun Jaitley's Facebook post on the Bareilly nikah halala incident raises the question as to why the government has never cleared its stand on this contentious issue pertaining to the Muslim Personal Laws.

Does Bareilly nikah-halala not shock your conscience? Arun Jaitley slams 'Rahul and coterie' over promise to scrap triple talaq bill

In a Facebook post, Arun Jaitley lashed out at Congress for promising, at a minority convention, to withdraw the triple talaq bill which is pending in the Parliament.

UP Shia Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi kicks up another row, calls madrasas 'breeding ground' for IS ideology

In comments that are likely to draw more ire, Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding the closure of all madrasas at primary level across India.

After Sabarimala, Kerala-based Muslim women's forum to move SC seeking right to offer prayers, entry in mosques

"Our demand is to end this gender discrimination and allow Muslim women to pray in all mosques, cutting across denominations," said NISA president VP Zuhra.

Ranjan Gogoi to be sworn in as Chief Justice of India today: Cutting down pendency numbers to be priority

While Justice Ranjan Gogoi is yet to reveal his 'plan' to bring down pendency in the courts, he has had a resounding success in bridging the gap between the government and the public in terms of welfare schemes' distribution.

Acid attack on Shabnam Rani: Supreme Court orders security and medical care for nikah halala petitioner

The Supreme Court asked the Uttar Pradesh government to ensure Shabnam Rani's security.

Uttar Pradesh woman alleges gangrape after husband gave her triple talaq, claims she was forced undergo nikah halala

Police filed a case against six people on the complaint of a woman from Uttar Pradesh who alleged that she was gang-raped after her husband gave her triple talaq.

Acid attack on Shabnam Rani: Supreme Court to hear her plea seeking protection, better health care on 17 September

Supreme court asked advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, counsel for Rani, to submit a copy of the petition to the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government.

Acid attack on Shabnam Rani, woman who filed petition in SC against nikah halala; brother-in-law, his friends likely suspects

Shabnam Rani, one of the women who filed a petition against nikah halala and polygamy in the Supreme Court, was attacked with acid in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Thursday

Bareilly woman alleges forcible nikah halala, rape by father-in-law; police book five, including husband, for gangrape

The Bareilly woman claimed she was forced to undergo the nikhah halala process with her father-in-law.