“Tortures Will Now Be Stopped..”: Assam CM Vows To Repeal Marriage Act
27 Feb 2024 19:03 PM IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated today (on Tuesday) that women who obtained divorces under the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registrations Act, 1935, were not entitled to alimony. With the state cabinet’s decision to abolish the Act, Sarma asserted that this “injustice” towards Muslim women would cease, allowing them to receive subsistence as […]