Contemporary Primary Sources :: Court Cases :: 24 Dhū al-Ḥijja 1438 / 14 September 2017
Moosa N.O. et al. v. Harnaker et al. (Western Cape High Court, South Africa, 2017): “Wills Act” of 1953 Unconstitutional Due to Discrimination Against Muslim Marriages
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.