Supreme Court of India
Ahmedabad Women Action Group and Ors. Etc. v. Union of India
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In the result and having regard to the earlier decisions of this Court noticed above, we decline to entertain. these writ petitions.
Judgment, page 16
From the headnote
Constitution of India-Articles 13, 14, 15 and 32--Scope of-Power of the Court-Legislative policy relating to personal laws-interference ,by couns-Extent of-Personal Laws. Three writ petitions were filed by different organisations under Article 32 of the Constitution of India as public interest litigation, The Ahmedabad Women Action Group prayed for the follo~ing reliefs in its writ petition :- (a) to declare Muslim Personal Law which allows polygamy as void offending Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution; (b) to describe Muslim Personal Law which enables a Muslim male to give unilateral
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