State to help settle marital discords

State to help settle marital discords
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In a welcome move, the Telangana government has constituted an exclusive marriage counselling centre to settle cases of marital discords and other problems in the light of legal provisions and respective personal law. Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali inaugurated the centre at the Haj House at Nampally in Hyderabad and promised to give it more powers so that it should be able to solve marital disputes

The centre aims at helping minority women caught in legal tangles

Hyderabad: In a welcome move, the Telangana government has constituted an exclusive marriage counselling centre to settle cases of marital discords and other problems in the light of legal provisions and respective personal law. Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali inaugurated the centre at the Haj House at Nampally in Hyderabad and promised to give it more powers so that it should be able to solve marital disputes in the families in an amicable manner and give counseling to both the parties on the rights and responsibilities.



Speaking on the occasion, the Deputy Chief Minister said that such centres would be set up in all the districts of the State. He said that Wakf Board office buildings would be constructed in all districts of the State from where the minority offices would function.

Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali speaking after inaugurating the counselling centre in Hyderabad on Thursday

He said many women had been caught in litigation hassles for years together. “This centre has been set up to help such couples,” he said and added that experts had been included in the panel headed by E Ismail, a retired judge. He thanked the Chief Minister for taking revolutionary steps in the field of education and welfare of the minority communities.



Nampally MLA Jaffer Hussain Meraj expressed happiness over setting up of the centre and hoped that minority couples would not get involved in litigations and approach the centre for settlement of their disputes. Minorities Welfare Department (MWD) Secretary Syed Omer Jaleel highlighted the aims and objectives of the centre and said the counselling centre would sit once a fortnight or as often as necessary and take up the cases, referred to it by any party.



MWD Director Mohammed Jalaluddin Akber welcomed the gathering and Prof S A Shukoor, Special Officer, Telangana State Haj Committee proposed the vote of thanks. Syed Vilayat Hussain, General Manager, Minorities Finance Corporation, Asadullah, CEO Wakf Board and members of the counselling centre were present on the occasion.

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