personal law

In all other cases, the personal law with the best claim applies.

I had to bribe three members of the family's personal law firm.

But, as in other places, that may have been restricted mainly to the personal law.

All lawyers are however required to take courses regarding personal law.

The idea behind this act was to give everyone in India the ability to marry outside the personal law under a civil marriage.

Major religious communities not based in India continue to be governed by their own personal laws.

"Change is a violation of personal laws," she insists early on.

While other personal laws have undergone reform, the Muslim law has not.

There were extensive debates over the place of personal laws in the new Indian legal system.

Matters that fell under the jurisdiction of these communities were called "personal laws."

Personal law is the law governing a person's family matters.

Thus, personal laws remained outside the scope of any ruling on equality.

Thus, once defined by the personal law, persons take their capacity with them like a passport whether or however they may travel.

Each religion is still governed by its own personal laws on marriage, divorce and such."

Capacity is an aspect of status and both are defined by a person's personal law:

There was also significant controversy over what was established to be Hindu personal law.

"Muslim personal law is administered in India," he said.

Personal laws can be defined as a, "Part of law that deals with matters pertaining to a person and his or her family".

It is the customary law or personal law that prevails there.

Status and capacity are defined by the personal laws of the parties, namely:

This would probably be able to tackle the sensitive issue of minor marriages upheld by personal laws.

Peterson donated his personal law library to the new school and served on its faculty, later dying of a stroke in 1985.

Therefore, they were a direct contradiction to the policy of noninterference and would mean the government was meddling in personal law.

As to the testator, all questions of status and capacity should be determined by the personal law at the time the decree is granted.

Despite these crossovers in legality, the Indian government does not interfere with religion and the personal laws they hold.