Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 185 · Decided 24 February 1997
Ahmedabad Women Action Group and ORS. ETC. v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 185 · [1997] 2 S.C.R. 389
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 494/1996
- Decided
- 24 February 1997
- Bench
- A.M. AHMADI, SUJATA V. MANOHAR, K. VENKATASWAMI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 13, 14, 15, 32; Hindu Marriage Act; Hindu Succession Act Section 30; Succession Act Section 43to48
Headnote
Constitution of India-Articles 13, 14, 15 and 32--Scope of-Power of the Court-Legislative policy relating to personal laws-interference ,by B couns-Extent of-Personal Laws. C Three writ petitions were filed by different organisations under Article 32 of the Constitution of India as public interest Group prayed for the follo~ing reliefs in its writ petition :- (a) to declare Muslim Personal Law which allows polygamy as void offending Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution; (b) to describe Muslim Personal Law which enables a Muslim male D to give unilateral Talaq to his ~ife mthout her
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