Answer» Correct Answer - Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2
The correct answer is Neither 1 nor 2. In News - - The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a plea to frame uniform guidelines on divorce, maintenance and alimony for all religions.
- A petition was filed in the court that argued divorce, maintenance and alimony laws in certain religions discriminated and marginalised women.
- Status of Personal Law in India:
- Personal law subjects like marriage, divorce, inheritance come under Concurrent list. Hence, Statement 1 is NOT correct.
- Hindu personal laws have been by and large secularized and modernized by statutory enactments (The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955).
- On the other hand, Muslim personal laws are still primarily unmodified and traditional in their content and approach (Eg: Shariat law of 1937).
- Apart from it, Christians and Jews are also governed by different personal laws. Hence, Statement 2 is NOT correct.
- Article 142 provide(s) a unique power to the Supreme Court, to do “complete justice” between the parties, i.e., where at times law or statute may not provide a remedy, the Court can extend itself to put a quietus to a dispute in a manner which would befit the facts of the case.
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