sc seeks centre's reply on plea for polygamy ban for muslims
New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre's response on a fresh petition seeking a law to prohibit polygamy among Muslims, declare such marriages void from the outset and make the practice punishable under the BNS, while directing that the matter be tagged with a batch of long-pending petitions awaiting consideration by a constitution bench.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana issued notice to the Centre on the plea by women's rights activists Zakia Soman and Noorjehan Safia Niaz, journalist and civil rights activist Javed Anand, and two others. The bench ordered that the matter be tagged with the pending batch of cases challenging the constitutional validit...
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