VARANASI, India (RNS) — Some wonder whether Muslims in poor and rural areas will abide by or even learn of the ruling. Others decry it as a violation of Muslim religious rights. VARANASI, India (RNS) ...

The most frequently asked question in an international divorce involving India is: will I fare better financially if I file for divorce in India? The honest ans ...

NEW DELHI — India’s government on Wednesday approved an ordinance to implement a top court ruling striking down the Muslim practice that allows men to instantly divorce. The government decision came ...

The Supreme Court has made a pivotal ruling that requires bridegrooms to return any financial gifts received from their ...

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Just hours after Shagufta Sayyd was married, her new husband told her he was having a relationship with another woman. He was clear the two would have no future, the 21-year-old ...

For decades, Muslim women in India have lived with the possibility of their husbands ending their marriages instantaneously by muttering one word, talaq, three times. But now, India's highest court ...

According to a Muslim custom that is rooted in tradition but not Islamic law, men have to say just three words to their wives if they want to dissolve their marriages. “Talaq, talaq, talaq” — and he’s ...

Marriage and divorce alter several tax positions for individuals under India’s income-tax framework. Existing provisions ...