Nope. That was Hindu Marriage act where they banned bigamy for Hindus. Google it yaar. Parsis have The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 which has been amended time to time but not repealed. Christians have Indian Christian Marriage Act of 1872. Sikhs have their own Anand Marriage Act of 1909.Originally posted by: flipfl0p
On bold. I don’t think so. I think till 50s or 60s, all religions had their own rules. (Like Hindus also had polygamy earlier). A bill was brought in to put all these religions under a constitutional rule and constitution banned polygamy for Hindus. Most religions came under this act (including Christianity). But this law was not extended to Muslims.
In 80’s, court was dealing with a triple talaaq case where a man was paying very meagre amount to his ex wife (Shanbano case; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohd._Ahmed_Khan_v._Shah_Bano_Begum ). First it ordered the man to pay alimony for the rest of her life. Later the government changed the bill because, Islamic organisations opposed court order (saying court is intervening in their religion).Since then, this demand is present. To put Muslim community also under same rules as other religions.
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