The Supreme Court of India in its recent decision in the Shabnam Hashmi case took another step towards the harmonization of family law in India by holding Muslims too could adopt under the Juvenile Justice …
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The Changing Debate Over Personal Laws in India
The current issue of the Frontline magazine focuses on the changing debate over personal laws. In the lead story, I argue that the fragmentation of religious authority, greater debate within communities, and growing awareness of …
Continue readingCall for Collaboration: Islam, Law and Society Project
Katherine Lemmons and Jeff Redding are seeking scholars to collaborate on an exciting new project that examine the growth of non-state providers of Islamic law and governance. Project Statement In recent decades, states around the …
Continue readingRethinking the UCC debate
In a recent opinion piece I argue that the rather hackneyed debate on the UCC and Indian multiculturalism needs to be reimagined given certain significant shifts in ground realities. “Legislative reforms in Hindu and Christian …
Continue readingHow about ‘partner’?
The Supreme Court’s judgment in Velusamy v Patchaiammal yesterday drew sharp criticism from Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising, and rightly so. The case was about the the rights of an unmarried partner under the Domestic …
Continue readingIjtihaad by the courts
Tahir Mahmood responds to the criticisms made by Javed Anand of the 227th Law Commission report. He makes two interesting points. The first that the Law Commission since its inception in 1955 has never been …
Continue readingHousewife’s Economic Contribution to the Household
Earlier this month, The Hindu ran a piece on a case decided by the Madras High Court, where the Court called for a re-look at how the death of a housewife is compensated in accident …
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