RAIPUR: The Chhattisgarh HC has held that self-styled Sharia courts or religious bodies possess no statutory authority to adjudicate civil or matrimonial disputes or alter the legal rights and marital status of citizens.

RAIPUR: The Chhattisgarh HC has held that self-styled Sharia courts or religious bodies possess no statutory authority to adjudicate civil or matrimonial disputes or alter the…

Chhattisgarh High Court rules no religious institution can act as a court, affirming legal authority in marital disputes.