Which of the following reasons led to the setting aside of the practice of 'talaqe- biddat', triple talaq in Shayara Bano v. Union of India, (2017) 9 SCC 1?
(1) Section 2 of the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937 was a pre-constitutional legislation within the meaning of Article 13(1) and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India on the ground of arbitrariness.
(2) Section 2 of the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937 was a pre-constitutional legislation within the meaning of Article 13(1) and violative of Article 15 of the Constitution of India, being discriminatory.
(3) Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937 is not a law regulating triple talaq but the practice of triple talaq was against the basic tenets of the Holy Quran and no practice against the tenets of Quran was permissible.
(4) 'Talaq-e-biddat' is integral to the religious denomination but the Supreme Court may injunct this practice as a means for severing matrimonial relationship.
A. (1) and (2) only
B. (1), (2) and (3) only
C. (1) and (4) only
D. (1) and (3) only
Answer: Option D
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Main limitations to the capacity of a Muslim to marry are
A. Three
B. Five
C. Seven
D. Eight
E. Four
Which of the following enactments provides for grounds of divorce available to wife only?
A. Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939
B. Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
C. Special Marriage Act, 1954
D. None of the above
A. Father's mother
B. Mother's mother
C. Sisters
D. Maternal aunt
The rule of unlawful conjunction under Muslim law relates to-
A. Same sex marriage
B. Marriage of a man with his foster sister
C. Marriage of a man with his wife's sister
D. Second marriage of a married man
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