Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 785 · Decided 22 August 2017
Shayara Bano v. Union of India and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 785 · [2017] 9 S.C.R. 797
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 118/2016
- Decided
- 22 August 2017
- Bench
- J.S. KHEHAR, KURIAN JOSEPH, R.F. NARIMAN, UDAY UMESH LALIT, S. ABDUL NAZEER (5-judge bench)
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 13(1), 25
Headnote
797 SHAYARA BANO v. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS (Writ Petition (C) No. 118 of2016) With Suo Motu Writ (C) No. 2 of2015 AUGUST 22, 2017 [JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR, CJI, KURIAN JOSEPH, R. F. NARIMAN, UDAY .UMESH LALIT AND S. ABDUL NAZEER, JJ,j MAJORITY OPINION Muslim Law: Talaq-e-biddat - The practice of B c D In "Shamim Ara case, it was held that the correct law of Tc1laq as ordained by the Holy Qurnn is that, the Talaq must be for a reasonable cause and be preceded by attempts at reconciliation· between the husband and the wife by two arbiters - one .fi·om the E wife's
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