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The High Court Division’s guidelines in Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association v Government of Bangladesh continue to provide the general institutional framework…
The Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act, 2010 allows an affected woman or child to seek protective court orders against physical, psychological,…
Under the Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2017, the minimum marriage age is twenty-one for a male and eighteen for a female. A…
Custody concerns who physically cares for and lives with a child. Guardianship concerns broader legal authority over the child’s person, property or…
A custody case is not decided simply by declaring that the father is the legal guardian or that the mother has a…
A Muslim wife may claim maintenance during a subsisting marriage where the husband has failed to maintain her without lawful justification. She…
A Muslim wife may end a marriage through several legally distinct routes. These may include delegated divorce, a decree under the Dissolution…
A husband seeking to divorce his wife must follow section 7 of the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961. After pronouncing talaq in…
Dower, also known as mahr or denmohor, is a legal obligation owed by a Muslim husband to his wife. It belongs to…
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