Triple Talaq: SC issues notice to Centre on plea against new law; agrees to examine validity
5 years, 4 months ago

Triple Talaq: SC issues notice to Centre on plea against new law; agrees to examine validity

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the validity of a newly enacted law which makes the practice of instant divorce through triple talaq among Muslims a punishable offence entailing imprisonment of up to three years. A bench of justices N V Ramana and Ajay Rastogi issued notice the Centre on a batch of petitions which has sought to declare The Muslim Women Act 2019 as "unconstitutional" on grounds that it allegedly violates the provisions of the Constitution. Khurshid told the bench that there were many dimensions, including making the practice a punishable offence and jail term of up to three years, which was required to be examined by the top court. ALSO READ: Opposition to Triple Talaq bill exposes liberals, Congress; fundamentalist vote bank its priority: Jaitley

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Triple Talaq via video call: Mumbai Police investigate dowry harassment case against husband and in-laws
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6 days, 18 hours ago

Triple Talaq via video call: Mumbai Police investigate dowry harassment case against husband and in-laws

Op India  

A woman has accused her husband and in-laws of harassment over dowry demands and being divorced via triple talaq on a video call. Mumbai police have registered a case against a man working in the United Kingdom and his parents for allegedly harassing his wife over dowry and divorcing her through triple talaq on a video call. The victim, a …

Software engineer gives ‘triple talaq’ to wife after she refuses to sleep with boss; booked
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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Software engineer gives ‘triple talaq’ to wife after she refuses to sleep with boss; booked

Live Mint  

A software engineer from Maharashtra’s Kalyan has been booked for triple talaq to his second wife after she refused to have sex with his boss, a report by News18 Marathi stated. ‘Triple talaq’ is a form of Islamic divorce that allows a Muslim man to divorce his wife by saying the word ‘talaq’ three times. The legislation classifying triple talaq …

Triple Talaq By E-mail Is Mental Torture; Husband's Unilateral Power To Inflict Instant Divorce Is Unacceptable: Patna High Court
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Triple Talaq By E-mail Is Mental Torture; Husband's Unilateral Power To Inflict Instant Divorce Is Unacceptable: Patna High Court

Live Law  

The Patna High Court has recently observed that the view that a Muslim husband enjoys an arbitrary and unilateral power of inflicting instant divorce is not acceptable and that giving divorce to a Muslim wife by simply sending an e-mail to her amounts to a form of mental torture. Rejecting a plea to quash dowry and mental torture charges against …

‘You are not Muslim’: UP man gives ‘triple talaq’ to wife for supporting police action in Sambhal
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1 month ago

‘You are not Muslim’: UP man gives ‘triple talaq’ to wife for supporting police action in Sambhal

Live Mint  

A woman from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh is making headlines after her husband gave her ‘triple talaq’ for supporting police action following Sambhal violence. The woman has alleged that while she was watching a video linked to the recent Sambhal violence, her support for police action infuriated her husband Ejazul. After this, Nida filed a police complaint against her husband …

UP woman backs police action in violence-hit Sambhal, husband gives triple talaq
1 month ago

UP woman backs police action in violence-hit Sambhal, husband gives triple talaq

India Today  

A woman in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad was allegedly given triple talaq by her husband for speaking in support of the police during the November 24 violence in Sambhal which claimed the lives of four people, police said on Sunday. The woman, Nida, claimed that her husband called her a 'kaafir' when she suggested that the police personnel had the right …

UP: 16 booked in two triple talaq cases in week
3 months, 2 weeks ago

UP: 16 booked in two triple talaq cases in week

Deccan Chronicle  

Gonda:Police here have registered cases against 16 individuals in connection with two separate instances of triple talaq in a week, officials said. Superintendent of Police Vineet Jaiswal told PTI on Saturday that Hina Bano, a resident of Mauja Khanpur under the Katra Bazar Police station area, filed a complaint against her husband Lais Mohammad and eight of his family members. …

Ayodhya resident gives 'triple talaq' to wife after she praises PM Narendra Modi, CM Yogi
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Ayodhya resident gives 'triple talaq' to wife after she praises PM Narendra Modi, CM Yogi

Hindustan Times  

An Ayodhya resident has been booked by the Uttar Pradesh Police for allegedly pronouncing triple talaq to her wife after she praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for the development of the city, news agency PTI reported. Maryam has also alleged that the man's family tried to strangle her on the day the man pronounced instant …

Centre defends law on triple talaq in SC, says practice ‘fatal’ to institution of marriage
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre defends law on triple talaq in SC, says practice ‘fatal’ to institution of marriage

Hindustan Times  

The Centre has defended its 2019 law against triple talaq by telling the Supreme Court that the practice is “fatal” to the institution of marriage. In an affidavit filed in response to petitions challenging the law, the Centre has said that despite the Supreme Court setting aside the practice in 2017, it has “not worked as a sufficient deterrent in …

Centre defends law against triple talaq, says it legitimised ‘abandonment’ of Muslim women
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre defends law against triple talaq, says it legitimised ‘abandonment’ of Muslim women

The Hindu  

The Union government in the Supreme Court has justified the Central law criminalising triple talaq, saying the “practice legitimised and institutionalised abandonment of wives by their husbands” and was “neither Islamic nor legal”. The government said all it did with the Muslim Women Act, 2019 was make a practice called “manifestly arbitrary” by the Supreme Court a non-bailable criminal offence …

Centre files affidavit in Supreme Court, defends criminalising instant triple talaq law
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre files affidavit in Supreme Court, defends criminalising instant triple talaq law

India TV News  

The Central government on Monday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court defending its 2019 law criminalising instant triple talaq and said that the 2019 Act helps in ensuring the larger constitutional goals of gender justice and gender equality of married Muslim women and helps subserve their fundamental rights of non-discrimination and empowerment. The Centre in the affidavit further added …

Practice and law: debating aspects of the Muslim personal law
10 months, 1 week ago

Practice and law: debating aspects of the Muslim personal law

The Hindu  

Last week, the Assam Government quietly repealed the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1935. The decision was widely criticised in political circles, but the fact remains that the Muslim personal law, and inevitably, Muslim marriage, divorce, maintenance and inheritance, have been in the public eye in recent years. They have all been the subject of study for academics …

Supreme Court Tags Petition Challenging Criminalisation Of Triple Talaq With Pending Petitions
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Tags Petition Challenging Criminalisation Of Triple Talaq With Pending Petitions

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday tagged a fresh petition challenging the criminalisation of Triple Talaq along with the petitions already pending before the Court on the same issue. Talaq to be void and illegal.—Any pronouncement of talaq by a Muslim husband upon his wife, by words, either spoken or written or in electronic form or in any other manner whatsoever, …

Patna: Bride gives triple talaq to groom within 12 hours of marriage | Know why
1 year, 2 months ago

Patna: Bride gives triple talaq to groom within 12 hours of marriage | Know why

India TV News  

Patna: In an unusual turn of events, a newly-married woman gave triple talaq to her husband within 12 hours of their marriage in Patna’s Phulwari Sharif area today. The dispute arose between the bride and the groom's side over food during the marriage ceremony. The bride's finally decided to break the marriage following which the woman reportedly gave 'triple talaq' …

Need for state action was felt in triple talaq law, Centre tells Supreme Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Need for state action was felt in triple talaq law, Centre tells Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The government reasoned it had to introduce a law criminalising triple talaq as Muslim men continued the practice in spite of a Supreme Court judgment declaring it illegal. The government’s 177-page affidavit recently filed in the apex court came in response to a series of petitions which have challenged the constitutionality of the Muslim Women Act 2019, which makes the …

Odisha man gives triple talaq to wife as she lost money to cyber fraud: Report
1 year, 9 months ago

Odisha man gives triple talaq to wife as she lost money to cyber fraud: Report

Hindustan Times  

The Odisha Police on Saturday booked a man for allegedly handing out instant 'triple talaq' to his wife after she lost money to cyber fraud. According to the police, the 32-year-old woman from Odisha's Kendrapara district lodged a complaint on April 1, alleging that her husband divorced her illegally after she confessed to losing ₹1.5 lakh to cyber criminals, reported …

Kerala CM Slams Triple Talaq Ban: The Debate
1 year, 10 months ago

Kerala CM Slams Triple Talaq Ban: The Debate

News 18  

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday raised questions over the ban on triple talaq, asking why it was was criminalised “when divorce happens in all religions.” Speaking at a conference, the CM said, “people from different religious backgrounds might have come here for the conference. Triple Talaq is a type of marriage dissolution in Muslim Law in which a …

Why divorce criminal for Muslims? Pinarayi Vijayan on triple talaq ban
1 year, 10 months ago

Why divorce criminal for Muslims? Pinarayi Vijayan on triple talaq ban

India Today  

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan asked why triple talaq was criminalised when divorce happens in all religions.”The triple talaq was criminalised. He also criticised the country’s Vice-President and law minister for attacking the Supreme Court's Collegium system. “It was declared by a 13-member constitution bench of the Supreme Court in a landmark judgement in the Kesavananda Bharati case. The law …

Muslim woman moves Supreme Court for declaration of 'Talaq-e-Kinaya', 'Talaq-e-Bain' as void, unconstitutional
2 years, 3 months ago

Muslim woman moves Supreme Court for declaration of 'Talaq-e-Kinaya', 'Talaq-e-Bain' as void, unconstitutional

India Today  

A woman doctor has moved the Supreme Court challenging validity of Talaq-E-Kinaya and Talaq-E-Bain and all forms of Unilateral Extra-Judicial Talaq. The petition has argued that Talaq-E-Kinaya and Talaq-E-Bain and other forms of unilateral extra-judicial talaq is an evil plague similar to sati, and unfortunately, continues to vex Muslim women and pose extremely serious health, social, economic, moral and emotional …

Prima facie Talaq-E-Hasan not so improper, women too have option of “Khula”: SC
2 years, 4 months ago

Prima facie Talaq-E-Hasan not so improper, women too have option of “Khula”: SC

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that the practice of talaq-e-hasan among Muslims, under which a man can divorce his wife by pronouncing “talaq” once a month for three consecutive months, is not prima facie improper as women have the option of “khula” divorce. Senior advocate Pinky Anand appearing for the petitioner Benazeer Heena – a journalist - …

'Talaq-e-Hasan' not akin to triple talaq, women have option of 'khula': Supreme Court
2 years, 4 months ago

'Talaq-e-Hasan' not akin to triple talaq, women have option of 'khula': Supreme Court

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court was hearing a plea seeking to declare ‘Talaq-e-Hasan’ and all other forms of ‘unilateral extra-judicial talaq as void and unconstitutional’, claiming they were ‘arbitrary, irrational, and violated fundamental rights’ New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the practice of divorce in Muslims through ‘Talaq-e-Hasan’ — which is pronounced once a month over a period of three …

Prima facie talaq-e-hasan is ‘not so improper’ says Supreme Court
2 years, 4 months ago

Prima facie talaq-e-hasan is ‘not so improper’ says Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, prima facie observed that the Muslim personal law practice of talaq-e-hasan is "not so improper". The court's prima facie remarks came while hearing a petition filed by journalist Benazeer Heena, represented by senior advocate Pinky Anand and advocate Ashwani Kumar Dubey. The petitioner argued that the practice in question was "neither harmonious …

Talaq-E-Hasan Not So Improper Prima Facie, Women Have Option Of Khula Divorce : Supreme Court
2 years, 4 months ago

Talaq-E-Hasan Not So Improper Prima Facie, Women Have Option Of Khula Divorce : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday made a prima facie observation that the practice of divorce through the Muslim personal law practice of Talaq-E-Hasan, as per which a man can divorce his wife by pronouncing "talaq" once a month for three months, is "not so improper".The Court noted that Muslim women have the option of seeking divorce through "khula". The Supreme …

Morning Digest | India-China ties seeing a positive impetus, says Chinese Ambassador; Salman Rushdie’s attacker pleads not guilty, and more
2 years, 4 months ago

Morning Digest | India-China ties seeing a positive impetus, says Chinese Ambassador; Salman Rushdie’s attacker pleads not guilty, and more

The Hindu  

India-China ties seeing a positive impetus, says Chinese Ambassador India and China are seeing a “positive impetus” to ties, given two meetings between the Foreign Ministers in the past few months and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attendance at the BRICS summit in June, Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong said on Saturday. Salman Rushdie’s attacker pleads not guilty The man …

Five years after Supreme Court’s triple talaq verdict, petitioners living life as ‘half-divorcees’
2 years, 4 months ago

Five years after Supreme Court’s triple talaq verdict, petitioners living life as ‘half-divorcees’

The Hindu  

Five years after the Supreme Court's five-judge Bench under Chief Justice J.S. Khehar invalidated instant triple talaq in August 2017, the women petitioners continue to live a life of half-divorcees. The apex court, it may be recalled, invalidated instant triple talaq in the Shayara Bano versus the Union of India case while refraining from commenting on the state of their …

Wife challenges validity of ‘talaq-e-hasan’ in Delhi HC: What is it, how's it different from triple talaq?
2 years, 6 months ago

Wife challenges validity of ‘talaq-e-hasan’ in Delhi HC: What is it, how's it different from triple talaq?

Firstpost  

Talaq-e-hasan is the practice by which a Muslim man can divorce his wife by saying the word talaq once a month over a three-month period The Delhi High Court has sought a response of the Delhi Police and a Muslim man whose wife has sought to declare a notice of talaq-e-hasan sent to her as void and unconstitutional. Talaq-e-hasan is …

India TV Samvaad: Triple talaq law reduced cases by 90%, says Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan
2 years, 7 months ago

India TV Samvaad: Triple talaq law reduced cases by 90%, says Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan

India TV News  

Highlights Kerala Governor complimented PM Modi for enactment of law against Triple talaq Governor said "Many Islamic nations ended the social malpractice but it was prevalent in India In 2019, BJP govt enacted a law making instant triple talaq a criminal offence India TV Samvaad: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Monday complimented Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government for …

Ishtiaq Alam gives triple talaq to wife over phone for not giving birth to a child, case registered
2 years, 7 months ago

Ishtiaq Alam gives triple talaq to wife over phone for not giving birth to a child, case registered

Op India  

On Thursday, the Chhattisgarh Police registered an FIR against a person named Ishtiaq Alam for divorcing his wife over the mobile phone. She married one Ishtiaq Alam of Balumat, Jharkhand in 2007 & was tortured by her husband & father-in-law for not giving birth to a child: Bhaskar Sharma, SHO Kunkuri, Jashpur pic.twitter.com/ldD6PChC8K — ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan May 19, 2022 In …

Plea in SC Against Talaq-e-Hasan, All Other Forms of 'Extra-judicial' Talaq
2 years, 8 months ago

Plea in SC Against Talaq-e-Hasan, All Other Forms of 'Extra-judicial' Talaq

News 18  

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to declare 'Talaq-e-Hasan' and all other forms of "unilateral extra-judicial talaq as void and unconstitutional, claiming they were arbitrary, irrational, and violated fundamental rights. The petition, filed by Ghaziabad resident, Benazeer Heena, who claimed to be a victim of unilateral extra-judicial Talaq-E-Hasan, also sought a direction to the Centre to …

From hijab ban to Ram Mandir: When the Supreme Court was drawn into religious debates
2 years, 9 months ago

From hijab ban to Ram Mandir: When the Supreme Court was drawn into religious debates

Firstpost  

The hijab row has moved from classrooms to the top court. The Karnataka High Court’s decision to uphold the ban on the headscarf has been challenged in the Supreme Court After the Karnataka High Court dismissed petitions seeking permission to wear hijabs inside the classroom after it deemed that the headscarf was not an essential religious practice of Islam, the …

Triple talaq law helping women: PM in Mann ki Baat
2 years, 10 months ago

Triple talaq law helping women: PM in Mann ki Baat

Hindustan Times  

Women in the country are “reaching new heights”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday as he hailed his government’s women-centric decisions, including a law against the practice of triple talaq. The country has seen an 80% reduction in cases related to the practice of triple talaq, Modi said. The Prime Minister also talked about redefining “Ek Bharat-Shreshtha Bharat ” …

Chhattisgarh: Woman Moves HC Challenging Validity of Sharia Court, Triple Talaq Order
2 years, 11 months ago

Chhattisgarh: Woman Moves HC Challenging Validity of Sharia Court, Triple Talaq Order

News 18  

A woman has filed a petition in the Chhattisgarh High Court, challenging the validity of a Sharia court operating in Raipur and a 'triple talaq' order passed by it against her recently. But, the respondent had proceeded for the 'triple talaq', her counsel Devershi Thakur said on Thursday. The 'Idara-e-Shariya Islami Court' here last month passed the triple talaq order …

FIR Against Maharashtra Man for Granting 'Triple Talaq' to His Wife on WhatsApp
3 years, 2 months ago

FIR Against Maharashtra Man for Granting 'Triple Talaq' to His Wife on WhatsApp

News 18  

A 28-year-old woman from Pune registered a case against her husband for allegedly giving her ‘triple talaq’ or divorce by sending her a message on WhatsApp, police said on Tuesday. Police also registered a case against the victim woman’s mother-in-law under sections of the Muslim Women Act, 2019 which bans the practice of instant triple talaq and sections of the …

Triple Talaq Law: Legal Reform is the First Step to Empower Muslim Women, Writes Zakia Soman
3 years, 3 months ago

Triple Talaq Law: Legal Reform is the First Step to Empower Muslim Women, Writes Zakia Soman

News 18  

The Muslim Women Act or the Triple Talaq Law invoked sharp reactions during its passage in 2019. India needs a comprehensive Muslim family law which protects legal rights of women just as the Hindu marriage, succession and other laws protect rights of Hindu women. However, the legal discrimination of Muslim women and thereby the whole community continued owing to the …

"Settling Disputes Through Mediation Possible": Bombay HC Grants Anticipatory Bail To Man Who Allegedly Gave 'Triple Talaq' On SMS
3 years, 4 months ago

"Settling Disputes Through Mediation Possible": Bombay HC Grants Anticipatory Bail To Man Who Allegedly Gave 'Triple Talaq' On SMS

Live Law  

Noting that it is possible to settle the disputes and differences between the husband and the wife through mediation, the Bombay High Court last week granted anticipatory bail to a man booked for pronouncing triple talaq to her wife by way of sending an SMS. The Bench of Justice Sandeep K. Shinde was hearing the anticipatory bail plea of one …

Triple Talaq Pronounced Prior To 'Shayara Bano' Judgment Also Null & Void: Jammu & Kashmir High Court
3 years, 4 months ago

Triple Talaq Pronounced Prior To 'Shayara Bano' Judgment Also Null & Void: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court held that the Supreme Court judgment in Shayara Bano case would apply to 'triple talaq' pronounced prior to passing of the said judgment.In this case, a 'husband' had approached the High Court seeking to quash proceedings initiated under Domestic Violence Act against him contending that he had already divorced his wife. The Jammu and …

Two Years of Triple Talaq Law: All About the Legislation That Banned Instant Divorce by Muslim Men
3 years, 5 months ago

Two Years of Triple Talaq Law: All About the Legislation That Banned Instant Divorce by Muslim Men

News 18  

The Ministry of Minority Affairs announced on Saturday that “Muslim Women Rights Day” will be observed across the nation on August 1 to celebrate the enactment of the triple talaq law. The Triple Talaq law, enforced by the National Democratic Alliance government on August 1, 2019, classified giving ‘instant divorce’ by Muslim men to their wives as a criminal offence. …

Triple talaq law reduced cases by 80%, showed ’better results’: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
3 years, 5 months ago

Triple talaq law reduced cases by 80%, showed ’better results’: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Live Mint  

The law to criminalise triple talaq has reduced such instances by 80 per cent in the country, claimed Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi during an event to celebrate Muslim Women Rights Day. Minority Affairs Ministry is observing August 1, Sunday, as Muslim Women Rights Day to commemorate two years of Muslim Women Act. The law came into effect …

Muslim Women Rights Day 2021: Govt Marks 2nd Anniversary of 'Historic' Step to Ban Triple Talaq
3 years, 5 months ago

Muslim Women Rights Day 2021: Govt Marks 2nd Anniversary of 'Historic' Step to Ban Triple Talaq

News 18  

It was on August 1, 2019, that the Narendra Modi government passed the Triple Talaq bill in Parliament, abolishing the practice of instant divorce and ‘nikah halala’ in the Muslim community, and since then, the day is celebrated as Muslim Women Rights Day as the government marks gender equality. On the second anniversary of the event on Sunday, Union Minority …

Man Allegedly Gives 'Triple Talaq' To First Wife To Remarry: P&H High Court Grants Protection To Second Wife Noting She Might Have Been 'Misled'
3 years, 6 months ago

Man Allegedly Gives 'Triple Talaq' To First Wife To Remarry: P&H High Court Grants Protection To Second Wife Noting She Might Have Been 'Misled'

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court recently ordered police protection who 'may been misled into marriage' as her husband's first wife claimed that he re-married after giving her Triple Talaq which is illegal in the eyes of law. She further submitted that Man claimed to have divorced her by triple Talaak having pronounced "Talaak Talaak Talaak" three times to her, …

Assam man tortures wife for stopping him from taking drugs, gives triple talaq
3 years, 7 months ago

Assam man tortures wife for stopping him from taking drugs, gives triple talaq

India Today  

A man in Assam’s Nagaon district allegedly gave triple talaq to his wife after she tried to stop him from taking drugs and consuming liquor. Following the incident, Majeda said, she filed a complaint with the Batadrava police station under the Muslim Women Act, but police have not taken any action so far over her complaint. In July 2019, Parliament …

UP woman alleges husband gave her triple talaq on phone, police files case
3 years, 10 months ago

UP woman alleges husband gave her triple talaq on phone, police files case

India Today  

Nearly two years have passed since Parliament passed the legislation declaring triple talaq illegal. A woman in Uttar Pradesh's Bharatpur district has alleged that her husband gave her triple talaq over the phone. Verma told India Today TV, 'A triple talaq case has been filed. The government passed the Muslim Women Ordinance in 2019, making triple talaq an offence which …

Man Booked for Giving Triple Talaq to Wife Over Phone in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar
4 years, 1 month ago

Man Booked for Giving Triple Talaq to Wife Over Phone in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar

News 18  

A woman in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district has lodged a case against her 32-year-old husband for allegedly giving her triple talaq over phone, a police official said on Monday. ”He allegedly gave her ’talaq’ over phone,” the official said. The woman lodged a police complaint, based on which a case was registered on Saturday against the man at Bhingar Camp police …

HC Seeks Centre's Reply on Plea to Quash Provision Penalising Muslim Husband for Pronouncing Talaq
4 years, 2 months ago

HC Seeks Centre's Reply on Plea to Quash Provision Penalising Muslim Husband for Pronouncing Talaq

News 18  

The Delhi High Court has sought the Centre's reply on a plea seeking to declare as unconstitutional the provision penalising a Muslim husband for pronouncing 'talaq' upon his wife. The plea said as the pronouncement of triple talaq' or talaq-e-biddat' is already declared void, the provision in law to penalise such an act is onerous and inconsequential. A bench of …

Short film shows Muslim woman thanking PM Modi for banning Triple Talaq
4 years, 10 months ago

Short film shows Muslim woman thanking PM Modi for banning Triple Talaq

Op India  

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Social Coffee published a video expressing its gratitude towards Prime Minister Modi for outlawing the inhumane practice of Triple Talaq, the traditional Islamic practice permitted Muslim men to divorce their wives by repeating the word ‘Talaq’ thrice. The video shows a Muslim couple playing a game of crosses and knots but the crosses …

AIMPLB moves SC challenging law criminalising triple talaq, says it causes 'unwarranted interference' in Muslim Personal Law
5 years, 2 months ago

AIMPLB moves SC challenging law criminalising triple talaq, says it causes 'unwarranted interference' in Muslim Personal Law

Firstpost  

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board Monday filed a plea in the Supreme Court challenging the law which criminalises instant triple talaq. New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board Monday filed a plea in the Supreme Court challenging the law which criminalises instant triple talaq. The plea by AIMPLB and Kamal Faruqui has challenged the Constitutional validity …

All India Muslim Personal Law Board Moves SC Challenging Triple Talaq Act [Read Petition]
5 years, 2 months ago

All India Muslim Personal Law Board Moves SC Challenging Triple Talaq Act [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board and Kamal Faruqui, member of Executive Committee of the Board have moved the Supreme Court challenging The Muslim Women Act, 2019, which criminalises triple talaq, saying the same is unconstitutional and brings marriage on the brinks of breakdown. It lays challenge to Section 2 of the Act which makes Talaq e Biddat "or …

Muslim body moves Supreme Court against law on triple talaq
5 years, 2 months ago

Muslim body moves Supreme Court against law on triple talaq

India TV News  

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board Monday filed a plea in the Supreme Court challenging the law which criminalises instant triple talaq. The Muslim Women Act, 2019 makes talaq-e-biddat or any other similar form of talaq having the effect of instantaneous and irrevocable divorce pronounced by a Muslim husband void and illegal. The plea by AIMPLB and Kamal Faruqui …

Indore woman alleges triple talaq by NRI husband on phone
5 years, 3 months ago

Indore woman alleges triple talaq by NRI husband on phone

India TV News  

A woman in Madhya Pradesh's Indore has filed an FIR against her California-based NRI husband alleging that he gave her triple talaq on the phone after she failed to meet his dowry demands. She returned to Indore recently, and two days back Fazal called her and gave her triple talaq on the phone. The Muslim Women Act 2019 makes instant …

UP govt's assistance to triple talaq survivors delinks outlawed practice from religion, may help widen acceptability of ban
5 years, 3 months ago

UP govt's assistance to triple talaq survivors delinks outlawed practice from religion, may help widen acceptability of ban

Firstpost  

With Yogi Adityanath govt Thursday offering free legal aid to survivors of instant triple talaq and financial assistance, the outlawed practice has now become a social issue On Wednesday, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced that his government would provide free legal aid to the Muslim women who have been given triple talaq by their husbands. However, with the …

Karnataka woman given triple talaq from Dubai over Whatsapp
5 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka woman given triple talaq from Dubai over Whatsapp

India TV News  

A Muslim woman in the district headquarters town of Shivamogga in Karnataka has approached police accusing her husband of giving her "triple talaq" from Dubai over WhatsApp. On some issues the man is said to have repeatedly picked up quarrel with her during their conversations, and finally gave her talaq in August, stating he "doesn't want" her, they said. "He …

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