- In India, “Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Halal Trust, one of the petitioners challenging Uttar Pradesh government’s ban on halal-certified products has filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court taking exception to the statements made by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta during the last hearing that halal certifying agencies make “few lakh crores” out of the certification process.”
- “The Gauteng High Court, Pretoria [South Africa], was tasked to grapple with the question of whether a woman who was issued by her now estranged husband with a talaaq (divorce), is entitled to interim maintenance. . . . In interpreting the law regarding interim maintenance, the judge found that the wife did at this stage meet the definition of ‘spouse’ and she is, for now, entitled to maintenance.”