In early 2014, the Supreme Court of India decided Vishwa Lochan Madan v. Union of India, a case filed in 2005 as a response to controversies concerning the private enforcement … Continue reading Vishwa Lochan Madan v. Union of India (2014) and the Uncertain Boundaries of Muslim Personal Law in India
CASE COMMENT: Shamim Ara and the Divorce Politics of a Secular and Modern India
South Asia editor Jeff Redding argues that the "state vs. non-state character of talaq" is too often overlooked as a factor influencing the Indian Supreme Court's decision in the landmark case Shamim Ara v. State of … Continue reading CASE COMMENT: Shamim Ara and the Divorce Politics of a Secular and Modern India