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  Assam Assembly passes bill to ban polygamy: All you need to know about it

  Assam | November 27, 2025 18:11 IST

  After the passage of the bill, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said his government, if it returns to power after the assembly elections slated to be held in 2026, will table the uniform civil code (UCC).

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  Assam cabinet approves Bill to ban polygamy, victims to get compensation, check details here

  Assam | November 10, 2025 6:39 IST

  Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the state cabinet has approved a Bill to ban polygamy and the Bill will be called 'The Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025' which will be tabled in the assembly on November 25.

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  Assam government to introduce bill in state assembly to ban polygamy

  India | September 03, 2023 9:42 IST

  Polygamy in Assam: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday addressed a Bharatiya Janata Party ally parties meeting in Tinsukia and said to media that the state government, in the next 45 days, will finalize the Bill to ban polygamy in the state.

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  US: '20 wives, including 10 minors'- Polygamous sect leader faces legal cases in Arizona

  World | May 25, 2023 23:28 IST

  The accused Samuel Rappylee Bateman travelled to several cities to have sex with the minor girls on a regular basis. He was also charged with the production of child pornography.

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  Supreme Court refers fresh plea against polygamy, 'nikah halala' to constitution bench

  India | July 23, 2018 19:40 IST

  The apex court issued notice to the Centre on the petition filed by one Farjana and tagged the matter along with a batch of petitions to be heard by the constitution bench. 

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  Supreme Court allows urgent listing of pleas against 'nikah-halala', polygamy

  India | July 02, 2018 11:51 IST

  Nikah-halala is a practice intended to curb the incidence of divorce under which a man cannot remarry his former wife without her having to go through the process of marrying someone else, consummating it, getting divorced and observing a separation period called 'Iddat' before coming back to him. 

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  Supreme Court seeks Centre's response on PILs against polygamy, nikah halala

  India | March 26, 2018 13:46 IST

  A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the submission that the previous five-judge constitution bench, in its 2017 verdict, had kept open the issue of polygamy and 'nikah halala' while quashing triple talaq.

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  Triple talaq row: SC to announce landmark verdict today

  India | August 22, 2017 1:44 IST

  The apex court will decide the fate of the Islamic personal law practice of ‘triple talaq’ and whether it is violative of the fundamental and human rights of gender equality and dignity of Muslim women

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  Can Muslim bride be given right to refuse triple talaq: SC asks AIMPLB

  India | May 17, 2017 14:00 IST

  AIMPLB informed the Supreme Court that marriage in the Muslim community is a contract and it is open for women to insist on specific clauses in the nikahnama to protect their interests and dignity

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  Polygamy, nikah halala also open for adjudication in future: SC

  India | May 16, 2017 7:48 IST

  After repeatedly announcing that it would not test the validity of any issue other than triple tala, the Supreme Court on Monday clarified that it had not closed the window to scrutiny of two contentious issues: polygamy and nikah halala.

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  Man needs to have sex when wife is unwell: Congress leader justifies polygamy in Islam

  Politics | October 21, 2016 15:47 IST

  Karnataka Congress leader Ibrahim Kodijal has justified polygamy in Islam saying “it is necessary for a man to satisfy his sexual desires” and that it stops the husband from visiting sex workers when one of

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  Quran misinterpreted by Muslim men to have more than one wife: Gujarat HC

  India | November 06, 2015 8:34 IST

  Ahmedabad: In a strongly-worded order, the Gujarat High Court has said the Quran, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God, was being misinterpreted by Muslim men to have more than one wife.The High

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  Polygamy: Prevalent equally among disabled and rest of the population

  Lifestyle | May 22, 2015 17:21 IST

  If you thought that polygamy or more than one marriage is something prevalent only among fully-able people then you might be surprised to know the truth. As per a report in Times of India, it

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  Revealed: Polygamy on the rise in India

  India | March 03, 2015 9:07 IST

  New Delhi: A recently released census data showed that there are about 6.6 million more wives than husbands, thanks to men who have migrated abroad for work leaving their wives behind. The data also stated

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  Polygamy not integral part of Islam, rules Supreme Court

  India | February 10, 2015 11:08 IST

  New Delhi: Though the Islamic personal law allows Muslim men to have four wives, the Supreme Court, on Monday, said that a Muslim's fundamental right to profess Islam does not include practising polygamy.A bench of

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  Karnataka woman disqualified for judge's post due to polygamy

  India | October 17, 2013 8:35 IST

  Bangalore:  One can lose out on the opportunity to become a judge if  one marries a man who already has a wife. Radharani Mahadev Kolambe, 33,  had secured  41st rank among 232 candidates selected for

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  Zuma To Take Fourth Wife

  World | April 18, 2012 9:39 IST

  Johannesburg, Apr 15: South African President Jacob Zuma will marry his fourth wife next weekend, his spokesman confirmed on Sunday.Mr. Zuma will tie the knot at his family homestead in Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal province, said