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Contemporary Primary Sources :: Court Cases :: 24 Dhū al-Ḥijja 1438 / 14 September 2017
Western Cape High Court of South Africa, Posted by Katherine Gonzalez, 21 September 2017
The Western Cape High Court in Cape Town declared the 1953 Wills Act inconsistent with the South Africa Constitution, because the statute’s provisions were previously interpreted to recognize only legal marriage and not Muslim marriages.
Other Legal Documents :: Case Briefs :: 1 Muḥarram 1439 / 20 September 2017
Katherine Gonzalez
Summary for a case in which the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town declared the 1953 Wills Act inconsistent with the South Africa Constitution, because the statute’s provisions were previously interpreted to recognize only legal marriage and not Muslim marriages.