Muslim marriages case in ConCourt today
After a long struggle spanning more than 20 years, Muslim marriages may finally be recognised under common law as the Constitutional Court will today hear the application brought by the Women’s Legal Centre Trust (WLC), to confirm an order made in December by the SCA which declared the Marriage Act and the Divorce Act to be inconsistent with sections of the Constitution.
The state was given 24 months to rectify the constitutional defect, notes the Cape Times.
WLC director Seehaam Samaai said it had been a long road for the WLC and the women who had sought recognition of their marriages for more than two decades.
‘The Constitutional Court … will now decide the issue of recognition and provide legal certainty on the WLC’s submission that the state has a constitutional obligation to enact legislation.’
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