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VOL. 6, ISSUE 6 (2020)
Muslim women’s right to lien the property of deceased husband in lieu of dower in light of Privy Council’s decision
Authors
Harshit Parasher
Abstract
The preliminary objective is to understand the concept of Dower (Mahr) because in Islam, the concept of Dower has been majorly misunderstood and is sometimes misinterpreted either as a consideration given by the man to the woman in lieu of the contact for marriage. The crucial debate on the interpretation of Muslim personal laws together has positive as well as negative facets. On one hand certain authors have backed the positive impact of Muslim personal laws wherein, Muslim women have been given various rights such as choice in marriage, inheritance etc on the other hand, some are of the opinion that, there are various practices in Muslim Personal Laws like polygamy, triple talaq, dissolution of marriage which are against the spirit of the Indian Constitution. In this line, this research paper attempts to scrutinise the on-going debate on the insinuations of Muslim Personal Law in India and addresses the anomalies which need to eradicated by giving a true essence of Holy Quran for the benefit of the Muslim women’s rights. The major purpose of this paper would be to analyse the rights which the Muslim Personal Law confers upon a wife or a widow the in light of the rights of the wife or widow compel the husband for payment of her dower.
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Pages:177-182
How to cite this article:
Harshit Parasher "Muslim women’s right to lien the property of deceased husband in lieu of dower in light of Privy Council’s decision". International Journal of Law, Vol 6, Issue 6, 2020, Pages 177-182
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