First released two years ago, this book was widely appreciated across different sections of the legal community. It has now been extensively revised and brought up to date. The original edition was organized into three parts, addressing Supreme Court decisions relating to marriage and divorce, children and minors, and property and succession. In the present edition, additional material has been incorporated into both the main text and the endnotes across all three parts.
This edition also introduces a new Supplement following Part III, which examines eight recent cases from 2022–23. Among these are three significant matters concerning women’s rights that are currently pending before the Court and are expected to be decided in the near future.
From its earliest years, the Supreme Court has adjudicated cases involving the religious beliefs and practices of Muslims, an area not covered in the first edition. To address this, a newly added Part IV offers brief analyses of nine selected cases of this nature, beginning with the 1958 cow protection case and concluding with the 2022 Hijab case. Notably, the first three of these matters were decided by Constitution Benches.
While the first edition examined 61 cases, the present edition expands this number to 78. Numerous additional cases, both past and recent, have also been referenced in the endnotes throughout the book.
Table of Contents of Supreme Court on Muslim Law, 2nd Edition by Tahir Mahmood:
A. Historical Background
B. Post-Constitution Years
C. Muslim Law in Apex Court
Part I Marriage and Divorce
A. Widow's Unpaid Dower
1. Kapore Chand 1950
B. Plural Marriage Disputes
2. Mohd. Amin 1952
3. Ameerunnissa Begum 1953
4. Razia Begum 1958
C. New CrPC Law on Maintenance
5. Bai Tahira 1979
6. Fuzlunbi 1980
7. Zohara Khatoon 1981
8. Sirajmohmedkhan 1981
9. Khatoon 1982
10. Shah Bano 1985
D. Muslim Women Act 1986
11. Syed Fatima 1996
12. Danial Latifi 2001
13. Bilkis Begum 2002
14. Khatoon Nisa 2002
15. KA Abdul Jaleel 2003
16. Sabra Shamim 2004
17. Shabana Bano 2010
18. Rana Nahid 2020
E. Talaq Procedure and Proof
19. Shamim Ara 2002
20. Iqbal Bano 2007
21. Shamim Bano 2014
22. Juveria Abdul Majid 2014
23. Shamima Farooqui 2015
F. Triple Talaq Case and Act of 2019
24. Shayara Bano 2017
25. Rahna Jalal 2021
G. Bigamous Marriages
26. Begum Subanu 1987
27. Sarla Mudgal 1995
28. Javed 2003
29. Khurshid Ahmad 2015
H. Irregular Marriages
30. Chand Patel 2008
31. Mohammed Salim 2019
I. Freedom of Marital Choice
32. Shafin Jahan 2018
J. Fatwas on Matrimonial Issues
33. Vishwa Lochan 2014
Part II Children and Minors
A. Legitimacy and Maintenance
34. Dukhtar Jahan 1987
35. Noor Saba 1997
B. Guardianship of Property
36. Valia Kutheessa 1964
37. Syed Shah 1971
38. Meethiyan 1996
39. Gulamhussain 2000
C. Child Custody and Adoption
40. Gohar Begum 1960
41. Athar Hussain 2010
42. Shabnam Hashmi 2014
Part III Property and Succession
A. Transferring Property as Gift
43. Maqbool Alam 1966
44. Mahboob Sahab 1995
45. Abdul Rahim 2009
46. Hafeeza Bibi 2011
47. Rasheeda Khatoon 2014
48. V. Sreeramachandra 2014
49. Ajambi 2017
B. Dealing with Spes Successionis
50. Ghulam Abbas 1973
51. Shehammal 2011
C. Deceased Persons' Unpaid Debts
52. NKM Sulaiman 1966
53. PN Veetil 1991
D. Inheritance and Wills
54. Ebrahim Aboobaker 1953
55. Begum Noorbanu 1965
56. Illahi Shamsuddin 1994
57. Newannes 1995
58. Jamil Ahmad 2001
