polygamy
- India
Assam looking to prohibit polygamy, to form an expert committee
Guwahati: The Assam government has decided to form an expert committee to examine whether the state legislature was empowered to prohibit polygamy, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Tuesday. The committee…
- India
Polygamy, nikah halala: SC to set up fresh bench to hear pleas
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it will constitute a fresh five-judge constitution bench at an “appropriate stage” to take up petitions challenging the constitutional validity of polygamy and…
- India
SC’s 5-judge bench to hear pleas against polygamy, nikah halala
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said that it will set up a five-judge Constitution bench to hear pleas challenging the constitutional validity of polygamy and ‘nikah halala’ practice among Muslims.…
- Middle East
94% of Kuwaiti men content with one wife: Reports
Kuwait: The issue of the second wife, which surfaces from time to time with the issuance of statistics, indicates that 94 percent of Kuwaiti men are satisfied with only one wife, local…
- India
SC agrees to form constitution bench to hear pleas against polygamy, ‘nikah-halala’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to reconstitute a constitution bench to hear a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the practice of polygamy and ‘nikah-halala’ among Muslims.…
- India
SC to begin hearing on pleas against polygamy, nikah halala in October
New Delhi: A Supreme Court Constitution bench on Tuesday issued notice on a batch of pleas for striking down practice of polygamy and nikah halala in Muslims and scheduled the hearing on…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: HC refuses to quash ‘bigamy’ case of man with 3 wives
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has refused a petition seeking to quash the case of bigamy filed against a 76-year-old man who admitted that he is still married to three women. The…
