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  1. 01

    Primary Sources of Muslim Law

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01QSIQ mnemonic – four sources hierarchy
    2. 02Qiyas Four Pillars – Asl, Far, Hukm, Illat
    3. 03Shia rejection of Qiyas
    4. 04Baker Ali Khan v Anjuman Ara Begum
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    Secondary Sources of Muslim Law

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Six secondary sources overview
    2. 02Shariat Act 1937 §2 – custom abrogated
    3. 03Istihsan vs Istislah distinction
    4. 04Shayara Bano – triple talaq struck down
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    Shariat Application Act 1937

    Inside this noteShariat Act 1937
    1. 01§2 – ten enumerated matters
    2. 02Narasu Appa Mali shield – Art 13
    3. 03Khatoon Nisa – §125 CrPC coexists
    4. 04Agricultural land exclusion – state variations
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    Sunni Schools of Muslim Law

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Adult woman marriage without wali – Hanafi
    2. 02Fasid vs void marriage distinction
    3. 03Shayara Bano – Hanbali reformist view
    4. 04Default school presumption – Hanafi
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    Shia Schools of Muslim Law

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Ithna Ashari, Ismaili, Zaidi schools
    2. 02Taher Saifuddin – Art 26 excommunication
    3. 03Khoja/Bohra – Advocate-General v Jimbabai
    4. 04Muta marriage – valid only in Ithna Ashari
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    Sunni vs Shia Comparison

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Muta marriage – Sunni void, Shia valid
    2. 02Witnesses at Nikah – mandatory vs not
    3. 03Qiyas rejected by Shia – Aql substituted
    4. 04Shoharat Singh v Jafri Bibi – muta recognised
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    Who is a Muslim

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Two-element test – Narantakath 1922
    2. 02Sarla Mudgal & Lily Thomas bigamy rule
    3. 03Caste Disabilities Removal Act 1850
    4. 04DMMA §4 – wife's apostasy no dissolution
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    Application of Muslim Law in India

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01§2 Shariat Act 1937 – ten matters
    2. 02Agricultural land exclusion – Shariat Act
    3. 03Shayara Bano v UOI – talaq-e-biddat struck
    4. 04Essential religious practices test – Art 25
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    Quran as Source of Muslim Law

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Muhkam/mutashabih & qat'i/zanni classification
    2. 02Sura Nisa 4:35 – arbitrators' verse
    3. 03Mata'a verse 2:241 – Shah Bano & Danial Latifi
    4. 04Naskh – doctrine of abrogation
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    Sunnah and Hadith

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Sunnah vs Hadith distinction
    2. 02Isnad and Matn structure
    3. 03Sahih, Hasan, Da'if, Mawdu grades
    4. 04Shayara Bano – triple talaq Hadith
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    Ijma and Qiyas

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Four pillars of Qiyas – Asl, Far, Hukm, Illah
    2. 02Wine–drugs analogy – illah of intoxication
    3. 03Shia rejection of Qiyas & Ijma-as-Sahaba
    4. 04Baker Ali Khan v Anjuman Ara Begum, 1903
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    Anglo Muhammadan Law

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Warren Hastings' Plan 1772 – Art 27
    2. 02Wakf-alal-Aulad – Abdul Fata (1894)
    3. 03Triple Talaq – Rashid Ahmad (1932)
    4. 04Interest on dower – Hamira Bibi (1916)
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    Nature of Muslim Marriage

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Abdul Kadir v Salima – civil contract
    2. 02§10 ICA 1872 mapped onto nikah essentials
    3. 03Shayara Bano – talaq-e-biddat struck down
    4. 04Four maqasid – purposes of nikah
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    Essentials of Valid Muslim Marriage

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Ittihad al-Majlis – same meeting rule
    2. 02Sunni vs Shia witness requirement
    3. 03Khayar al-Bulugh – option of puberty
    4. 04Gulam Kubra Bibi v Mohd Shafi (1940)
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    Capacity to Marry

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Option of puberty – §2(vii) DMMA 1939
    2. 02PCMA 2006 – 18/21 minimum age
    3. 03Polygamy – Javed v State of Haryana
    4. 04Unlawful combination doctrine
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    Classification of Muslim Marriages

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Fasid – curable defect, Hanafi-only
    2. 02Batil vs Fasid – permanent vs curable
    3. 03Munshi v. Alam Bibi – witnesses fasid
    4. 04Resham Bibi v. Khuda Bakhsh – non-Muslim void
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    Void Muslim Marriages

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Batil vs fasid distinction
    2. 02Shubha exception – dower & legitimacy
    3. 03Muslim woman marrying non-Muslim man void
    4. 04Sarla Mudgal & Lily Thomas – bigamy
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    Irregular Muslim Marriages

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Fasid vs Batil distinction
    2. 02Grounds – witnesses, iddat, 5th wife
    3. 03Dower – lesser of two rule
    4. 04Saddiq Hussain v Hashim Ali (PC)
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    Prohibited Degrees

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Nasab, Musaharat, Riza – absolute bars
    2. 02Jam-i-Muharramat – unlawful conjunction
    3. 03Fosterage: Hanafi 2.5 yrs vs others 2 yrs
    4. 04Aizunnissa Khatoon v. Karimunnisa, 1895
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    Muta Marriage

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Hiba-i-muddat – release of term
    2. 02No mutual inheritance between spouses
    3. 03Sadik Husain v. Hashim Ali Khan (1916)
    4. 04Nikah vs Muta – key distinctions
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    Option of Puberty

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01§2(vii) DMMA 1939 – 3 conditions
    2. 02Hanafi father/grandfather exemption
    3. 03Rahima v Rajendra – rejects Hanafi rule
    4. 04Independent Thought – marital rape reading
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    Witnesses in Muslim Marriage

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Hanafi: 2 male OR 1 male+2 female witnesses
    2. 02Fasid (Hanafi) vs batil (Shafi) – witness defect
    3. 03Shia: witnesses not required for validity
    4. 04Abdul Ahad v. Shah Begum – fasid cure
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    Guardian Wali in Muslim Marriage

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Wali-e-Ijbari vs Wali-e-Mukhtar
    2. 02Hanafi: no wali for adult women
    3. 03Shafin Jahan v Asokan (Hadiya case)
    4. 04Kafa'at doctrine & adl refusal
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    Registration of Muslim Marriage

    Inside this note2006 SC
    1. 01Seema v. Ashwani Kumar (2006) compulsory registration
    2. 02Non-registration doesn't invalidate marriage
    3. 03Presumption from long cohabitation – Mohd Amin
    4. 04Marriage certificate self-proving – §35 Evidence Act
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    Effects of Valid Muslim Marriage

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Dower (mehr) – wife's absolute right
    2. 02Iddat periods – talaq vs death
    3. 03Mutual inheritance – Sura Nisa 4:12
    4. 04Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 §2
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    Presumption of Marriage

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Cohabitation presumption – Mohd. Amin v. Vakil Ahmed
    2. 02Allahdad Khan rules – acknowledgment (iqrar)
    3. 03Acknowledgment vs adoption distinction
    4. 04Section 112 IEA/§116 BSA interaction
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    Polygamy in Muslim Law

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Sura Nisa 4:3 & 4:129 – equal treatment
    2. 02Javed v State of Haryana – essential practice test
    3. 03Sarla Mudgal & Lily Thomas – §494 IPC
    4. 04DMMA 1939 §2(viii)(f) – unequal treatment
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    Muslim Marriage with Non Muslims

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Kitabiyya – Sura Maidah 5:5 permission
    2. 02Sunni-Shia divergence on Kitabiyya nikah
    3. 03Shafin Jahan (Hadiya) – Art 21 right
    4. 04Sarla Mudgal – conversion for polygamy
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    Muslim Marriage vs Hindu Marriage

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Sacrament vs civil contract – Abdul Kadir v Salima
    2. 02Talaq, talaq-e-tafwid, faskh – dissolution modes
    3. 03HSA 1956 vs Quranic faraid shares
    4. 04Shayara Bano – triple talaq struck down
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    Landmark Judgments Muslim Marriage

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Nikah as civil contract – Abdul Kadir
    2. 02Triple talaq struck down – Shayara Bano
    3. 03Shah Bano & post-iddat maintenance – Danial Latifi
    4. 04Sham conversion for remarriage – Sarla Mudgal
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    Concept of Dower

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Obligation sui generis – Abdul Kadir v Salima
    2. 02Hamira Bibi v Zubaida Bibi – unsecured debt
    3. 03Art 104 Limitation Act – 3 yrs
    4. 04Dower vs Stridhan vs Dowry distinction
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    Classification of Dower

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Mahr-ul-Musamma vs Mahr-ul-Misl
    2. 02Hanafi minimum – 10 dirhams
    3. 03Lesser-of-two rule – fasid marriage
    4. 04Divorce before consummation – half dower
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    Prompt and Deferred Dower

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Abdul Kadir v Salima – refusal of cohabitation
    2. 02Limitation: Art 104 – 3 yrs from demand/dissolution
    3. 03Hanafi presumption – entire dower prompt
    4. 04Danial Latifi – MW(PRD) Act §3 mehr
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    Wifes Right to Refuse Cohabitation

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Abdul Kadir v Salima – lien doctrine
    2. 02Hanafi vs Shia – effect of consummation
    3. 03Conditional decree in restitution suits
    4. 04Partial payment doesn't defeat right
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    Increase and Decrease of Dower

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Husband's unilateral power to increase dower
    2. 02Wife's free & informed consent for decrease
    3. 03Hiba-ul-mahr – remission by wife
    4. 04Marz-ul-maut 1/3 rule on deathbed remission
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    Enforcement of Dower

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Right of retention – possessory not charge
    2. 02Article 104 Limitation Act – 3 yrs
    3. 03Hamira Bibi v Zubaida Bibi – dower unsecured
    4. 04Maina Bibi v Vakil Ahmad – transfer of interest
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    Dower Debt Priority and Charge

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Hamira Bibi v Zubaida Bibi (1916) doctrine
    2. 02Right of retention – possessory not charge
    3. 03Kapore Chand v Kadar Unnissa (1950) SC
    4. 04Interest on unpaid dower – equity rule
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    Dower Stridhan Dowry Comparison

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01DPA §2 – mehr excluded from dowry
    2. 02§14 Hindu Succession Act – stridhan
    3. 03Inder Sain v State – 1981 Delhi HC
    4. 04§27 Hindu Marriage Act – return of gifts
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    Modes of Dissolution

    Inside this noteDMMA 1939
    1. 01Triple talaq void – Shayara Bano
    2. 029 grounds for dissolution – §2 DMMA 1939
    3. 03Apostasy no dissolution – §4 DMMA 1939
    4. 04Khula vs Mubarat distinction
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    Talaq Concept Types Classification

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Ahsan vs Hasan – pronouncement mode
    2. 02Shayara Bano v. UOI – triple talaq void
    3. 03Shamim Ara – reasonable cause needed
    4. 04Raj'i vs Bain – revocability distinction
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    Talaq ul Ahsan

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Single pronouncement during tuhr
    2. 02Revocable throughout iddat – bain sughra
    3. 03Shamim Ara – procedural safeguards applied
    4. 04Ahsan vs Hasan – comparative table
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    Talaq ul Hasan

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Three-tuhr procedure – 3 pronouncements
    2. 02Revocability of 1st & 2nd pronouncement
    3. 03Halala doctrine – nikah halala abuse
    4. 04Shamim Ara v State of UP – reasonable cause
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    Triple Talaq Biddat

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Shayara Bano v UOI (2017) 3:2 ruling
    2. 02Muslim Women Act 2019 §4 punishment
    3. 03Narasu Appa Mali – personal law status
    4. 04Essential Religious Practices doctrine – Art 25
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    Shamim Ara Doctrine

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Shamim Ara v State of UP (2002)
    2. 024 requirements – reason, reconciliation, procedure, notice
    3. 03Mere plea in pleadings not valid talaq
    4. 04Shayara Bano – biddat struck down
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    Talaq e Tafweez

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Kassim Ali v Hajra Begum – 1921
    2. 02Conditional vs unconditional tafweez
    3. 03Tafweez vs Khula distinction
    4. 04AIMPLB model Nikahnama post-Shayara Bano
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    Khula

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Moonshee Buzloor Ruheem v Shumsoonnissa (1867 PC)
    2. 02Khurshid Bibi v Muhammad Amin (1967 SC Pak)
    3. 03Iwad/badal – consideration for khula
    4. 04Khula vs Mubarat vs Talaq vs DMMA distinction
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    Mubarat

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Mubarat vs Khula distinction
    2. 02Mubarat vs HMA §13B compared
    3. 03No consideration required rule
    4. 04Rashid Ahmed v Anisa Khatun
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    Lian

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Sura An-Nur 24:6-9 – Quranic basis
    2. 02Husband's 4 oaths + 5th curse oath
    3. 03DMMA 1939 S.2(ix) & S.2(viii)(a)
    4. 04Begum Zohra Khatoon v. Ibrahim, 1981 SC
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    DMMA 1939 Complete Analysis

    Inside this noteDMMA 1939
    1. 01Nine grounds – §2
    2. 02Notice to absconding husband – §3
    3. 03Apostasy doesn't dissolve marriage – §4
    4. 04Dower rights saved – §5
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    DMMA S2 Nine Grounds

    Inside this noteDMMA S.2
    1. 01Whereabouts unknown 4 yrs – Ghulam Fatima
    2. 02Option of puberty – khiyar-ul-bulugh
    3. 03Impotence – 1-year cure proviso S.2(v)
    4. 04Cruelty S.2(viii) – most invoked ground
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    Cruelty DMMA S2 viii

    Inside this noteDMMA §2(viii)
    1. 01Seven sub-grounds (a)-(g) – §2(viii)
    2. 02Itwari v. Asghari – unequal treatment
    3. 03False accusation of adultery as cruelty
    4. 04Cumulative effect principle – Aboobacker Haji
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    Ila and Zihar

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Ila – oath of abstinence 4 months
    2. 02Hanafi automatic dissolution vs other schools
    3. 03Zihar – Sura Mujadila 58:1-4 reform
    4. 04Khaulah bint Tha'labah – Zihar origin
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    Iddat

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Iddat durations – 3 courses/months/delivery
    2. 02Death iddat – 4 months 10 days
    3. 03Shah Bano & Danial Latifi – maintenance
    4. 04Mohd Abdul Samad (2024) – parallel remedies
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    Halala

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Sura Baqarah 2:229-230 basis
    2. 02Muhallil hadith – sham halala curse
    3. 03Shayara Bano left halala open
    4. 04Samina Begum v Union of India
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    Effects of Divorce

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Shah Bano (1985) – §125 CrPC applies
    2. 02Danial Latifi (2001) – §3(1)(a) purposive read
    3. 03Farr min al-irth – terminal illness divorce
    4. 042019 Act §§3–7 – triple talaq void
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    MW PRM Act 2019

    Inside this noteMW(PRM) Act 2019
    1. 01Shayara Bano v Union of India (2017)
    2. 02§3 – talaq void and illegal
    3. 03§4 – punishment up to 3 years
    4. 04§7 – cognizable, non-bailable, compoundable
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    Muslim vs Hindu Divorce

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Mubarat vs S.13B HMA – mutual consent
    2. 02DMMA S.2 wife grounds vs HMA S.13(2)
    3. 03Irretrievable breakdown – Art 142, Naveen Kohli
    4. 04Shah Bano to Danial Latifi maintenance line
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    Landmark Judgments

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Shayara Bano – triple talaq struck 3:2
    2. 02Shamim Ara – 4 requirements of talaq
    3. 03Shah Bano & Danial Latifi – §125 CrPC
    4. 04Itwari v Asghari – second wife cruelty
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    Maintenance Nafaqa

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Shah Bano v Mohd Ahmed Khan 1985
    2. 02Nushuz – wife's refractoriness
    3. 032019 Act §5 – subsistence allowance
    4. 04§125 CrPC/§144 BNSS framework
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    Shah Bano

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01§125 CrPC applies to Muslim women
    2. 02Mahr does not exhaust liability – para 32
    3. 03Muslim Women (Protection) Act 1986
    4. 04Danial Latifi – purposive reading upheld
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    MW PRD Act 1986

    Inside this noteMW(PRD) Act 1986
    1. 01Danial Latifi – purposive reading of §3(1)(a)
    2. 02§4 – relatives'/Waqf Board liability
    3. 03§5 – opt-in for §125 CrPC
    4. 04Abdul Samad – §125 CrPC parallel remedy
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    Danial Latifi

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01'Provision' vs 'Maintenance' distinction – §3(1)(a)
    2. 02MW(PRD) Act 1986 upheld – Art 14 challenge
    3. 03Shabana Bano & Abdul Samad – §125 CrPC parallel
    4. 04Constitutional avoidance canon – harmonisation
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    S125 CrPC Muslim Women

    Inside this noteS125 CrPC
    1. 01Shah Bano – Mohd. Ahmed Khan (1985)
    2. 02Mohd. Abdul Samad v. Telangana (2024)
    3. 03Danial Latifi purposive interpretation (2001)
    4. 04Mahr not maintenance bar – Shah Bano para 32
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    Maintenance Children

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Sons maintained till puberty, daughters till marriage
    2. 02Illegitimate child – §125 CrPC/§144 BNSS covers
    3. 03Noor Saba Khatoon v Mohd Quasim
    4. 04Rajnesh v Neha – quantum guidelines
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    Maintenance Parents Relatives

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Nafaqa-e-Aqrab – extended relatives
    2. 02§125 CrPC / §144 BNSS parents' maintenance
    3. 03Senior Citizens Act 2007 – §9 cap Rs10,000
    4. 04S. Vanitha v. Deputy Commissioner (2021)
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    Maintenance During Iddat

    Inside this noteMW(PRD) Act
    1. 01Danial Latifi – broad reading of §3(1)(a)
    2. 02Sunni vs Shia – consummation requirement
    3. 03Widow's iddat – 4 months 10 days
    4. 04Nushuz defence narrowly construed
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    Muslim vs Hindu Maintenance

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Shah Bano – S.125 CrPC beyond iddat
    2. 02MW(PRD) Act 1986 – S.3 divorced wife
    3. 03Rajnesh v. Neha – universal quantum
    4. 04Danial Latifi – 1986 Act validity
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    Landmark Maintenance Judgments

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Shah Bano – §125 CrPC beyond iddat
    2. 02Danial Latifi – reasonable & fair provision
    3. 03Abdul Samad 2024 – §125 & MW(PRD) parallel
    4. 04Rajnesh v Neha – universal maintenance guidelines
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    Inheritance Concept

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 011/3 bequest limit – wasiyat rule
    2. 02Sharers, Residuaries, Distant Kindred classes
    3. 032:1 male-female rule – Nisa 4:11
    4. 04Aul and Radd doctrines
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    Classes of Heirs

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 0112 classical Sharers – Sunni
    2. 02Asabah bi-Nafsihi/Ghairihi/ma'a-Ghairihi
    3. 03Dhawil-Arham – 4 classes
    4. 04Umariyatan/Gharrawain – mother's case
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    Sharers

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 0112 Sharers – 4 male & 8 female
    2. 02Umariyatan rule – Umar's mother/father case
    3. 03Daughter – Residuary-by-Another
    4. 04Uterine siblings – equal male/female share
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    Residuaries

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Asabah bi-Nafsihi – residuary in own right
    2. 02Asabah bi-Ghairihi – 2:1 transformation
    3. 03Asabah ma'a-Ghairihi – full sister honorary
    4. 04Radd doctrine – surplus return excl spouse
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    Distant Kindred

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Four sub-classes – Hanafi enumeration
    2. 02Spouse exception – only Sharer allowed
    3. 03Abu Hanifa vs Abu Yusuf divergence
    4. 04Shia rejection of Distant Kindred class
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    Aul and Radd

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Aul – shares exceeding unity, reduced
    2. 02Shia rejects Aul – Ali's tradition
    3. 03Radd – surplus to spouse-Sunni excluded
    4. 04Rasheedunnissa v Mohammad Ismail 1952
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    Shia Succession

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Three principal classes – Shia
    2. 02Per stirpes representation doctrine
    3. 03No Aul – reduction in Shia
    4. 04Spouse included in Radd – Shia
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    Computation Problems

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Aul – proportional reduction when sum>1
    2. 02Radd – surplus returns to sharers
    3. 03Umariyatan – husband/wife+parents combo
    4. 04Spouse excluded from Radd distribution
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    Women Inheritance

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 012:1 rule – Nisa 4:11
    2. 02Umariyatan/Gharrawain mother's share
    3. 03Farr min al-irth doctrine
    4. 04Wife excluded from radd – Sunni vs Shia
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    Exclusion Heirs

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Hajb Hirman vs Hajb Naqsan distinction
    2. 02Husband/wife share reduction – 1/2→1/4, 1/4→1/8
    3. 03Mother's share 1/3→1/6 & Umariyatan rule
    4. 04Shia per stirpes – daughter's children
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    Posthumous Illegitimate

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Gestation period rules – schools vary
    2. 02Lian – mutual imprecation procedure
    3. 03§112 Evidence Act (now §116 BSA)
    4. 04Walad al-zina – no paternal nasab
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    Escheat

    Inside this noteArt 296
    1. 01Bayt al-mal – ultimate heir
    2. 02Article 296 – escheat basis
    3. 03Escheat vs Bona Vacantia vs Lapse
    4. 04Pierce Leslie v Ouchterlony 1969
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    Ikrar e Nasab

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Muhammad Allahdad Khan v Muhammad Ismail Khan (1888)
    2. 02Adoption prohibited – Quran Ahzab 33:4-5
    3. 03Conditions – unknown parentage & age gap
    4. 04Irrevocability of valid ikrar
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    Muslim vs Hindu Succession

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 011/3 will limit – Muslim law
    2. 02§6 HSA 2005 – daughters coparceners
    3. 03Vineeta Sharma v Rakesh Sharma 2020
    4. 04Son:daughter 2:1 ratio – Muslim residuary
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    Pre Emption

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Three classes – Sharik, Khalit, Jar
    2. 02Three talabs – Muwathabat, Ishhad, Khusumat
    3. 03Bhau Ram v Baij Nath – neighbour struck down
    4. 04Shufa vs ROFR vs easements distinction
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    Landmark Succession Judgments

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Bhau Ram v. Baij Nath Singh – shufa
    2. 02Shamsunnessa v. Ilyas – full-blood exclusion
    3. 03Muhammad Allahdad Khan – ikrar-e-nasab
    4. 04Zohra Bee v. Rahmat Ali – Distant Kindred
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  85. 85

    Gift Hiba Concept

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Three essentials – Ijab, Qubul, Qabza
    2. 02Hafeeza Bibi v Shaikh Farid – no registration
    3. 03Maraz-ul-Maut gift restrictions
    4. 04Muslim hiba vs TPA §123 conflict
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  86. 86

    Qabza Delivery

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Actual vs constructive delivery (qabza)
    2. 02Husband-wife living together exception
    3. 03Hafeeza Bibi v. Shaikh Farid – registration
    4. 04Gift to minor – guardian acceptance rule
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    Types of Gifts

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Hiba-bil-Iwaz treated as sale
    2. 02Hiba-ba-Shart-ul-Iwaz – conditional revocability
    3. 03Sadaqa irrevocable after delivery
    4. 04Hafeeza Bibi v Shaikh Farid (2011)
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    Revocation of Gift

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Before vs after delivery revocation
    2. 02Six irrevocable categories – Bars
    3. 03Mohammad Abdul Ghani v Fakhr Jahan
    4. 04Hanafi vs Maliki vs Shia variations
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    Gift Unborn Future

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Existence rule – donor, donee, subject matter
    2. 02Gift to unborn person – void ab initio
    3. 03Mushaa exception – Hanafi vs Shia
    4. 04TPA §129 exception for Muslim gifts
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  90. 90

    Gift of Mushaa

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Hanafi divisible property – void unless partition
    2. 02Hanafi indivisible property – valid gift
    3. 03Shia rule – valid regardless of divisibility
    4. 04Hafeeza Bibi v Shaikh Farid, (2011) 5 SCC 654
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  91. 91

    Marz ul Maut

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Four classical conditions test
    2. 021/3 net estate limit
    3. 03Sunni v Shia – gift to heir rule
    4. 04Rashid Ahmed v Anisa Khatun, AIR 1932 PC 25
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  92. 92

    Hiba vs TPA

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01§129 TPA – Muslim gift exemption
    2. 02Hafeeza Bibi v Shaikh Farid (2011)
    3. 03Ijab, qubul, qabza essentials
    4. 04Marz-ul-maut – death-bed gift
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  93. 93

    Wasiyat Concept

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 011/3 bequest limit rule
    2. 02Bequest to heir – Sunni vs Shia
    3. 03ISA 1925 §58 exemption
    4. 04Wasiyat vs Hiba distinction
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    One Third Rule

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Net estate calc – debts & funeral first
    2. 02Time of death valuation, not will-making
    3. 03Sunni unanimous vs Shia per-heir consent
    4. 04Sadique Imam AIR 1978 SC 586
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  95. 95

    Bequest to Heir

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01La wasiyata li warith hadith
    2. 02Sunni: heir bequest void without consent
    3. 03Shia: heir bequest valid within 1/3
    4. 04Consent must be post-death, unanimous (Sunni)
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  96. 96

    Revocation and Legatee

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Will revocable any time before death
    2. 02Legatee need not be Muslim
    3. 03Unborn legatee – 6 month rule
    4. 04Murderer disqualified – public policy
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  97. 97

    Muslim vs Hindu Will

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 011/3 bequest limit – Muslim will
    2. 02§58 ISA – exclusion of Muslims
    3. 03§63 vs §65 ISA – formalities
    4. 04Marriage revokes will – §70(a) ISA
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  98. 98

    Landmark Will Judgments

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Moolla Cassim v Abdul Rahim – 1/3 limit
    2. 02Sheik Dawood v Moonisa Bibi – bequest to heir
    3. 03Fatima Bibi v Ahmad Baksh – marz-ul-maut test
    4. 04Jivabhai v Govt of Bombay – ISA exemption
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  99. 99

    Waqf Concept

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Five essentials – wakif, declaration, subject, perpetuity, object
    2. 02Ownership vests in God – doctrine
    3. 03Abdul Fata Mohd. v. Rasamaya (1894)
    4. 04Waqf Act 1995 vs Amendment 2025
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    Types of Waqf

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Public, Family (Aulad) & Quasi-Waqf
    2. 02Abdul Fata v. Rasamaya (1894) PC
    3. 03Mussalman Wakf Validating Act 1913
    4. 04Waqf-ul-aulad vs family trust distinction
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    Waqf ul Aulad

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Abdul Fata v. Rasamaya Dhur Chowdhury (1894)
    2. 02Mussalman Wakf Validating Act 1913 – §3
    3. 03Retrospective effect – §4 of 1913 Act
    4. 04Unborn beneficiaries allowed – unlike hiba
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    Wakf Act 1995

    Inside this noteWakf Act 1995
    1. 01Mandatory registration – §36
    2. 02Mutawalli 7% contribution to Fund
    3. 03Wakf Tribunal jurisdiction – §§83-95
    4. 04Encroachment protection – §52
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    Mutawalli

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Mutawalli not owner – ownership vests in God
    2. 02No alienation rule – sale/mortgage barred
    3. 03Istibdal – narrow exchange exception
    4. 04Wakf Act 1995 §§63-68 & 7% contribution
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    Waqf Amendment Act 2025

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Waqf by user doctrine removed
    2. 02Five-year practising Muslim rule – §3(r)
    3. 03Asaduddin Owaisi interim order
    4. 04Art 26 religious autonomy challenge
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    Waqf vs Trust vs Endowment

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Ownership: God vs trustees vs deity
    2. 02Deity as juristic person – Pramatha Nath Mullick
    3. 03Shirur Mutt & Ratilal Panachand cases
    4. 04Istibdal exchange & cy-près doctrine
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    Landmark Waqf Judgments

    Inside this noteWaqf Act
    1. 01Abdul Fata Mohd v Rasamaya Dhur Chowdhury (1894 PC)
    2. 02Mutawalli status – Ahmad G. Ariff v CWT
    3. 03Wakf Tribunal jurisdiction – Madanuri Sri Rama
    4. 04§52 encroachment protection – Abdul Khader
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    Guardianship Types

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Hizanat – mother's custody, not guardian
    2. 02Wilayat-ul-Mal – father's property guardianship
    3. 03Khiyar-ul-bulugh – option of puberty
    4. 04Imambandi v Mutsaddi, AIR 1918 PC 11
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    Hizanat Custody

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Hizanat vs guardianship distinction
    2. 02Hanafi duration – boys 7, girls puberty
    3. 03Remarriage to stranger – loss of hizanat
    4. 04§17 GWA 1890 – welfare paramount
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    Guardianship of Property

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Wilayat-ul-Mal vs Hizanat distinction
    2. 02Five-level agnatic hierarchy
    3. 03GWA 1890 §29 – court permission
    4. 04Imambandi v Mutsaddi, AIR 1918 PC 11
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    Wali for Marriage

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Hanafi vs Shafi-Maliki wali divergence
    2. 02Kufu principle – unsuitable match
    3. 03Sunni agnatic hierarchy of wali
    4. 04Shafin Jahan v Asokan – Hadiya case
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  111. 111

    De Facto Guardian

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Alienation by de facto guardian – void ab initio
    2. 02HMGA 1956 §11 – Hindu comparison
    3. 03Imambandi v Mutsaddi, AIR 1918 PC 11
    4. 04Mother – hizanat not property guardian
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  112. 112

    Welfare Principle

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01GWA 1890 §17 welfare source
    2. 02Gohar Begum v Suggi – 1960 SC
    3. 03Githa Hariharan reasoning extended
    4. 04Hizanat rules override scenarios
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  113. 113

    Muslim vs Hindu Guardianship

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Githa Hariharan – 'after' means in absence of
    2. 02HMGA §3 doesn't apply to Muslims
    3. 03Hizanat – mother's custody, not guardianship
    4. 04Muslim three-type framework – person/property/marriage
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  114. 114

    Custody After Divorce

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Hanafi hizanat – boys 7, girls puberty
    2. 02Mother's remarriage – stranger vs uncle rule
    3. 03Welfare 'polestar' doctrine – Gohar Begum
    4. 04§125 CrPC maintenance – Shah Bano/Latifi
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    Landmark Custody Judgments

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Imambandi v Mutsaddi – mother not guardian
    2. 02Gohar Begum v Suggi – welfare qualifies hizanat
    3. 03Zohra Begum – remarriage & loss of hizanat
    4. 04India not signatory – Hague Convention 1980
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    Constitutional Framework

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Shayara Bano – triple talaq struck down 3:2
    2. 02Essential religious practices doctrine
    3. 03Narasu Appa Mali – personal law status
    4. 04Art 44 UCC – directive, not enforceable
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    Shayara Bano

    Inside this note2017 SC
    1. 01Talaq-e-biddat vs ahsan & hasan forms
    2. 02Manifest arbitrariness doctrine – Art 14
    3. 03Essential religious practice test
    4. 043:2 split – Khehar/Nazeer dissent
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  118. 118

    UCC Debate

    Inside this noteArt 44
    1. 01Article 44 – directive, non-justiciable
    2. 02Shah Bano Begum v Mohd Ahmed Khan 1985
    3. 03Uttarakhand UCC 2024 – first state code
    4. 04Optional UCC – Special Marriage Act 1954
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    Muslim Women Act 2019

    Inside this noteMuslim Women Act
    1. 01§3 – talaq void and illegal
    2. 02§4 – 3 yrs imprisonment, cognizable & non-bailable
    3. 03§7 – cognizable/bail only on wife's info
    4. 04Shayara Bano (2017) 9 SCC 1 – triple talaq struck down
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  120. 120

    DV Act Interplay

    Inside this notePWDVA 2005
    1. 01Hiral P. Harsora – 'adult male' struck down
    2. 02Relationship in nature of marriage – Indra Sarma
    3. 03Shared household – §2(s)
    4. 04Breach of protection order – §31 offence
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  121. 121

    S125 Maintenance

    Inside this noteS125 CrPC
    1. 01Shah Bano Begum v Mohd Ahmed Khan (1985)
    2. 02Muslim Women (Protection of Rights) Act 1986
    3. 03Danial Latifi v Union of India (2001)
    4. 04Rajnesh v Neha guidelines – 25-30% quantum
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  122. 122

    Adoption

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Quranic basis – Surah Al-Ahzab 33:4-5
    2. 02Kafala – guardianship without parentage
    3. 03Shabnam Hashmi v. Union of India (2014)
    4. 04Dual framework – personal law + JJ Act
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  123. 123

    Conversion Hindu to Islam

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Sarla Mudgal v UOI – bigamy on conversion
    2. 02Lily Thomas v UOI – §494 IPC applies
    3. 03Caste Disabilities Removal Act 1850
    4. 04HAMA §18(2)(f) – wife's maintenance
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  124. 124

    Conversion From Islam

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Apostasy (irtidad) – classical dissolution
    2. 02DMMA 1939 §4 – woman's renunciation
    3. 03Caste Disabilities Removal Act 1850
    4. 04Lily Thomas & Sarla Mudgal cases
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    AIMPLB

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Established 1973 – non-statutory body
    2. 02Shayara Bano (2017) – triple talaq struck down
    3. 03Shah Bano Begum (1985) – led to 1986 Act
    4. 04BMMA – progressive alternative voice
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  126. 126

    Gender Justice

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Shayara Bano (2017) – triple talaq void
    2. 022:1 male:female inheritance – Nisa 4:11-12
    3. 03Shah Bano & Daniel Latifi – S.125 CrPC
    4. 04Nikah halala & polygamy – pending challenges
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  127. 127

    Recent SC Judgments

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Mohd. Abdul Samad v. Telangana (2024 SC)
    2. 02Uttarakhand UCC 2024 – effective 27 Jan 2025
    3. 03Wakf Amendment 2025 – Art 26 challenge
    4. 04Polygamy & Nikah Halala – pending SC
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  128. 128

    UCC Impact

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Ends 2:1 Muslim inheritance ratio
    2. 02No unilateral talaq – judicial divorce only
    3. 03Live-in registration – penalty 6 months
    4. 04Art 25/26 challenge – Shayara Bano test
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    Mnemonics

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01QSIQ – four primary sources
    2. 02WIPE-FIO-CA – DMMA 1939 9 grounds
    3. 03Shah Bano vs Daniel Latifi
    4. 04Son:Daughter 2:1 doubling rule
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    Comparison Tables

    Inside this noteMuslim law
    1. 01Muta marriage – Sunni vs Shia
    2. 02Triple talaq – Shayara Bano 2017
    3. 03Mehr vs Stridhan vs Dowry table
    4. 041986 Act vs §125 CrPC – Daniel Latifi
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