The New Indian Express ·
Sharia courts have no legal authority to dissolve marriages: Chhattisgarh High Court
RAIPUR: The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that religious bodies like 'Sharia courts' or Dar-ul-Qaza possess no legal authority or status to grant a divorce.
Delivering the judgment in a writ petition filed by a Raipur-based Muslim woman, Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad declared that any "verdict," "order," or fatwa issued by extra-judicial religious forums is at best a non-binding opinion and cannot be enforced through coercive process or treated as a substitute for a decree passed by a court of law.
The petitioner, Nirosh Abbasi, had challenged a communication-cum-order dated January 18, 2022, issued by the Idara-E-Shariya Islami Court in Raipur.
