The muslim personal law shariat application act 1937. Muslim personal law shariat application act, 1937 womens. Muslim personal law shariat application act, 1937sections2 to. The special marriage act 1952 which allowed indians to. The muslim personal law shariat application act, 1937. It extends to the entire of the republic of india except for the state of jammu and kashmir. Mohammedan law shariat act 1937 shariat act could also be referred to as the muslim personal law. Corruption pc act cases prevention of corruption act cases. An act to make provision for the application of the. Muslim womens right muslim womens rights discourse in. Agricultural lands, charities and charitable endowments, being provincial state subjects, had to be expressly excluded from section 2 of the act. There were certain doubts in the minds of indian muslims regarding the application of muslim personal law to muslims. As to the intestate succession, they are governed by muslim law. Jammu, feb 9 pti jammu and kashmir assembly tonight passed a bill bringing the countrys only muslimmajority state in the ambit of shariat laws.
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