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Fatwa, a form of adjudication in Islam, “does not have a force of law and therefore, cannot be enforced…

Vishwa Lochan Madan v Union of India held that a fatwa has no legally binding force and cannot be coercively enforced. Religious adjudication outside the recognised judicial…

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Fatwa, a form of adjudication in Islam, “does not have a force of law and therefore, cannot be enforced by any process using coercive method”. This has been held by the Supreme Court in

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Vishwa Lochan Madan v Union of India held that a fatwa has no legally binding force and cannot be coercively enforced. Religious adjudication outside the recognised judicial system does not acquire the authority of a court decree.

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