The Court of Appeal in Kano has ruled that the daughter of the late Major Mohammed Arogun Adeniyi, Nike, and her Christian mother must share the deceased’s inheritance with the children of his other ...

The Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Lawal Pedro, SAN, has enjoined Imams and scholars to continue educating Muslims on inheritance in Islam. Pedro was the special guest ...

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Thursday criticised a petition in the Supreme Court that seeks to invalidate Islamic inheritance law, even as the body described it as “mischievous” ...

Mumbai: Social reformers, artistes, writers and women’s rights activists in Mumbai have welcomed recent observations by the Supreme Court of India supporting gender justice in inheritance laws, ...

continued application of Shariat law for property inheritance by Muslims, saying it deprived women of an equal share. Instead, the petitioners represented by advocate Prashant Bhushan said the Indian ...

The BJP-ruled Uttarakhand became the first state to implement the rules of the UCC, extending the laws on marriage, divorce, inheritance and even live-in relationships between two consenting adults.

Several Muslim organisations in Mumbai on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court’s recent observations on the inheritance rights of Muslim women, calling it an important step towards removing gender bias.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed its support for the Uniform Civil Code in the country while hearing a petition challenging provisions of Muslim personal law that allegedly discriminate against ...

New Delhi: Nearly a decade after declaring instant divorce through triple talaq unconstitutional and void, Supreme Court Thursday agreed to examine the validity of blatant discrimination of Muslim ...

DHAKA, April 11 (Reuters) - Hundreds of members of a group campaigning for Islamic rule in Bangladesh clashed with police on Friday over a plan to give women the same inheritance rights as men. Police ...