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‘Shariat courts no threat to judiciary, says UPA Government’

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In a controversial move, the UPA government has defended the Darul Qaza or Shariat courts in the Supreme Court, saying their existence posed no challenge to the country’s judicial system. <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>In an affidavit filed in the court, the Centre even defended the “jaziya tax” imposed by Aurangazeb as a mere “special tax” which non-Muslims had to pay for failing to render military service. </span>
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Government also sidestepped the controversy over the fatwas issued in the Imrana case, saying, “the case of Imrana has been found not to having been referred to any of the Dar-ul-Waza/ Nizam-e-Qaza”. The affidavit also dodged questions on the fatwas issued in the case of Jyotsna Ara of Assam and Asobi in Haryana, both of whom were raped by their fathers-in-law, saying the petitioner had not made the Muftis who had given the fatwa party to the petition. “In any event, few bad examples may lead to the abolition of a system which otherwise is found useful and effective,” the Centre submitted, requesting the court to reject the PIL.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


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