Overview
- The Chhattisgarh High Court set aside the Idara‑E‑Shariya Islami Court's January 18, 2022 order that had declared Raipur woman Nirosh Abbasi divorced, a ruling pronounced on Tuesday.
- The judgment says private Sharia or Dar‑ul‑Qaza bodies have no statutory authority to adjudicate civil or matrimonial rights and cannot alter a person's legal marital status.
- The court held that fatwas and similar religious opinions are advisory only and cannot be enforced by coercive legal process or treated as binding decrees.
- The petitioner had filed a police complaint on October 7, 2021 and an FIR was registered on November 1, 2021 after she said her husband issued triple talaq communications in 2021.
- By reserving the wider constitutional question on Talaq‑e‑Hasan for the Supreme Court, the ruling reinforces reliance on formal courts for marriage disputes and may prompt more challenges to orders from informal religious tribunals.