Hyderabad, Nov. 6 -- The Kerala High Court observed that the first wife must be heard by the authorities when a Muslim man's second marriage is being registered, citing the Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules, 2008.

Justice P.V. Kunhikrshnan noted that despite the Muslim Personal Law permitting a man to marry a second time in certain situations, if that marriage needs to be registered, then 'law of the land would prevail'. Making constitutional rights more important than religion.

According to Live Law, the ruling was made during the Court's hearing of a writ petition filed by a Muslim man and his second wife. They were challenging the registering authority's refusal to register their marriage under the Rules.

The court sta...