Walking with ‘the Quran in one hand and the Constitution in the other‘: The Islamic Women‘s Movement in India and Landscapes of Adjudication

This paper charts the landscapes of adjudication by the Indian Supreme Court by closely interrogating primarily two cases, Shah Bano v Union of India and Shayara Bano v Union of India to understand if religion and constitutionalism can speak to each other and if they are constitutive of each other. Recent studies have indicated the...

Panel 89, TUESDAY JUNE 26 2018 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM