Muslim women need not move court to register divorce by talaq: Kerala High Court

The Court noticed and addressed a gap in the Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules, 2008 which do not provide for the registration of divorces that are obtained under personal law.
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The Kerala High Court recently ruled that a Registrar for Births, Deaths and Marriages need not insist on court order to record a divorce obtained through talaq under Muslim personal law [Neyan Veettil Behsana v. Local Registrar for Births and Deaths & Marriages].

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