AIMPLB approves setting up of 5 Sharia courts, 5 more under consideration

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has got proposals from various parts of the country to open 10 Sharia courts (Darul Qaza), out of which five have been approved and will be opened soon, board secretary Zafaryab Jilani said on Sunday.

The other five proposals are under consideration, Jilani told PTI.

On the row over the board reportedly looking to set up such courts in every district of the country, Jilani said it was not true and he was misquoted.

He said that at a meeting of the board on Sunday, the Darul Qaza Committee tabled its report which stated that from February 10 to June 30, three Sharia courts (Darul Qaza) have been set up -- two in Mumbai and one in Lucknow.

Apart from that, the report said 10 applications had come up for setting up Sharia courts, out of which five have been approved, while five others were under consideration, according to Jilani.

He said among those five that have been approved, one is being inaugurated in Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, on Monday.