Panaji: Goa Governor Mridula Sinha on Friday released a study conducted by her on ‘Practice and Effects of the Civil Code in Goa’, which has concluded that the Goa Civil Code integrates society and creates social solidarity. The Governor has recommended that the governments at the Centre and in allContinue Reading
Following the introduction of civil partnerships, Muslim representatives in Italy are now demanding the legalisation of polygamy. Responding to a new law allowing same sex couples to enter civil unions, Hamza Piccardo argued that if gay relationships, which Muslims disagree with, are a civil right then Italians must accept polygamyContinue Reading
The court was of the opinion that in absence of a uniform civil code having more than one wife is not an offence in the Muslim community. It, however, observed polygamy “is an exception and not a rule.” Continue Reading
