This is an abridged edition of our book Muslim Law in India and Abroad launched in March 2012. Chapters have been rearranged, long texts of Indian and foreign legislative enactments omitted, and judicial decisions reported during 2012 added, in this Read More
This is an abridged edition of our book Muslim Law in India and Abroad launched in March 2012. Chapters have been rearranged, long texts of Indian and foreign legislative enactments omitted, and judicial decisions reported during 2012 added, in this edition.Modern India has a double family law regime. All religious groups in the country have community-specific personal laws applicable to them. Unlike the personal laws of the other communities Muslim law is largely uncodified. There are only some brief Acts regulating its scope and application, women's divorce and post-divorce rights, and religious endowments and pilgrimage. Giving them priority, Part I of this book offers a study of all these Acts along with relevant case law.