No legal sanctity, no fatwas: SC on Shariat courts

Supreme Court ruled that Shariyat courts are illegal. Reuters[/caption]The apex court bench headed by Justice CK Prasad said that religious courts cannot pass an order that infringes on the fundamental rights of a person or of an affected person on a plea by a third person.The court said the Shariat courts can only pass edicts and only when an affected person approaches it.The court said this while disposing of a petition that sought to put a cap on Shariyat courts, saying that they were functioning as parallel to the country's judicial system.IANS