VARANASI, India (RNS) — Some wonder whether Muslims in poor and rural areas will abide by or even learn of the ruling. Others decry it as a violation of Muslim religious rights. VARANASI, India (RNS) ...

Indian nationals residing in the UAE may be able to file for divorce in India under certain conditions, explains legal expert Ashish Mehta, founder and Managing Partner of Ashish Mehta & Associates.

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Just hours after Shagufta Sayyd was married, her new husband told her he was having a relationship with another woman. He was clear the two would have no future, the 21-year-old ...

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 ...

For decades, Muslim women in India have lived with the possibility of their husbands ending their marriages instantaneously by muttering one word, talaq, three times. But now, India's highest court ...

Divorce in India was once considered taboo and rarely discussed in public forums. However, with rapid urbanisation, increasing financial independence, and evolving social norms, the rate of divorces ...

According to a Muslim custom that is rooted in tradition but not Islamic law, men have to say just three words to their wives if they want to dissolve their marriages. “Talaq, talaq, talaq” — and he’s ...

In a landmark judgment that is being hailed as a victory for women’s rights, and a body blow to entrenched patriarchal norms, the Indian Supreme Court has declared the custom of triple, or instant ...