“‘Sharia courts have no legal status, their rulings not binding on Indian citizens’: Read what SC said while rejecting AIMPLB’s push for parallel judiciary”, Opindia, May 5, 2025:
“The ‘Sharia Court’, ‘Court of Qazi’, ‘Darul-Qaza’ or ‘Kajiyat’, have no legal recognition and their observations are not legally binding. The Supreme Court of India ruled this on the 28th of April 2025, while hearing the case of a Muslim woman who challenged the Allahabad High Court’s 2018 decision upholding a family court’s decision not to award her any maintenance on the ground that she was the cause of the dispute.
The court gave the woman ₹4,000 in monthly support from the date she first filed the petition, overturning the Allahabad High Court’s decision. Additionally, the husband was ordered to keep providing for the children’s financial needs until they reached adulthood.
Despite being focused on a specific case, the Supreme Court’s ruling upholds a more general constitutional principle: India’s legal system cannot be superseded or overruled by Islamic statements or arbitration through Sharia courts…….”
|
