{"id":34067,"date":"2014-07-07T16:50:48","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T11:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=34067"},"modified":"2014-07-07T16:50:48","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T11:20:48","slug":"shariat-court-legal-status-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/shariat-court-legal-status-sc","title":{"rendered":"Shariat court has no legal status: SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Shariat-court.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34068\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/shariat-court-legal-status-sc\/shariat-court\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/Shariat-court.png?fit=180%2C136&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"180,136\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shariat court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/Shariat-court.png?fit=180%2C136&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-34068\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Shariat-court.png?resize=180%2C136&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shariat court\" width=\"180\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/Shariat-court.png?w=180&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/Shariat-court.png?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>Disapproving of a Shariat court issuing fatwa and order against a person who is not before it, the Supreme Court today said it has no sanction of law and has no legal status.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court said there is &#8220;no doubt&#8221; that such a court has no legal status while noting that in some cases, orders were being passed by them which violate human rights and punish innocent persons.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Justice C K Prasad said that no religion, including Islam, allows punishing innocent persons and ordered that no &#8216;Darul Qaza&#8217; should give verdict which affects rights of a person who is not before it.<\/p>\n<p>The court passed the verdict on a PIL filed by advocate Vishwa Lochan Madam questioning the constitutional validity of Shariat courts which allegedly run a parallel judicial system in the country.<\/p>\n<p>All India Personal Law Board had earlier submitted that fatwa was not binding on people and it was just an opinion of a &#8216;mufti&#8217; (cleric) and he has no power and authority to implement it.<\/p>\n<p>The counsel, appearing for the Board, had said if a fatwa was sought to be implemented against the wish of the person concerned, then he could approach the court of law against it.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner had submitted that the fundamental rights of Muslims could not be controlled and curtailed through fatwas issued by &#8216;qazis&#8217; and &#8216;muftis&#8217; appointed by Muslim organizations.<\/p>\n<p>(Source:PTI)<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: arial; font-siae: 12px;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disapproving of a Shariat court issuing fatwa and order against a person who is not before it, the Supreme Court today said it has no sanction of law and has no legal status. 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