Muslims Can End Marriage on Verbal Mutual Consent: Guj HC

The Gujarat HC has held that a Muslim marriage can be dissolved through Mubaraat mutual consent divorce without a written agreement, overturning a Rajkot family court order that insisted on the document.

- Dilip Singh Kshatriya @ Ahmedabad

A Muslim couple can end their marriage through Mubaraat, as neither the Quran, Hadith, nor the Muslim personal law demands it, the court added. A bench of Justices AY Kogje and NS Sanjay Gowda set aside a Rajkot family court's decision that had rejected a joint divo