Divorce tops cases in Aceh sharia court

BANDA ACEH, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam: Divorce petitions have dominated the types of cases that have been dealt with by the Banda Aceh Sharia Court over the last three months.

Court registrar Yusri said on Wednesday that divorces had accounted for 41 of the 57 cases filed with the court between February and April of this year.

Last year, 104 of the 166 cases brought before the court were divorce cases, Yusri said, adding that these involved at least 23 civil servants. --Antara