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Prasad and P.C. Ghose, JJ. said that a <i>Fatwa<\/i> is an opinion, only an expert is expected to give and is not binding on the Courts, the State or the individuals. Stating that the Shariat Court is an informal justice delivery system with the objective of bringing about amicable settlement between Muslim individuals, the existence of Shariat Courts and the practice of issuing <i>Fatwas <\/i>is not illegal although it has no legal and Constitutional scheme.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p ><span>Advocate V.L. Madan, appearing in person, brought before the Court the shocking incident of Deoband, Uttar Pradesh where a <\/span><i>Fatwa<\/i><span> dissolved the marriage of a Muslim woman upon being raped by her father-in-law stating that the woman with whom father has copulated legally or had sexual intercourse illegally, in both ways, the son can\u2019t keep physical relationship with her. Two more <\/span><i>Fatwa<\/i><span>s were brought into the notice of the Court where in one, a young Muslim woman was asked to divorce her husband and to accept her rapist father-in-law as her husband and in another one, it was said that no one will file an FIR against a rapist father-in-law. Taking note of the fact that in none of the cases, the concerned person approached the Shariat Courts, the Court held that <\/span><i>Fatwa<\/i><span>s touching upon the rights of an individual at the instance of rank strangers may cause irreparable damage and therefore, would be absolutely uncalled for as no religion, including Islam, can be allowed to be merciless to the victim and faith cannot be used as dehumanising force. <\/span><i> Vishwa Lochan Madan v. Union Of India, W.P. 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