India criminalises Muslim practice of instant divorce
5 years, 5 months ago

India criminalises Muslim practice of instant divorce

Al Jazeera  

Upper house of parliament approves legislation that makes the utterance of instant ‘triple talaq’ a punishable offence. The Indian parliament has approved a bill to end the Muslim practice of instant “triple talaq” or divorce two years after the Supreme Court said it violated the constitutional rights of Muslim women. The upper house of parliament, Rajya Sabha, on Tuesday passed the Muslim Women Bill with a 99-84 approval, making the practice punishable with up to three years in jail. The passage of the bill was a victory for India‘s Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who said the bill “corrects a historical wrong done to Muslim women” even as the opposition objected, saying it could be used to harass Muslim men. — Narendra Modi July 30, 2019 Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the bill’s approval by the upper house of parliament reflects the empowerment of women and India’s changing profile.

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NRI husband divorces wife by giving ‘Triple Talaq’ on video call; police file complaint over harassment, dowry
6 days, 2 hours ago

NRI husband divorces wife by giving ‘Triple Talaq’ on video call; police file complaint over harassment, dowry

Live Mint  

Online Triple Talaq: A UK-based Indian allegedly cut ties with his wife after giving her divorce via triple talaq on a video call, reported Asian News International on Saturday. Later, he divorced her through triple talaq during a video call, reported ANI, citing the complaint registered at Mumbai's NRI Sagar Police. Subsequently, she received a divorce through triple talaq during …

Mumbai woman files case against husband for harassment over dowry, triple talaq
6 days, 20 hours ago

Mumbai woman files case against husband for harassment over dowry, triple talaq

Hindustan Times  

A woman has accused her husband and in-laws of harassment over dowry demands and being divorced via triple talaq on a video call. During a video chat, a lady accused her husband and in-laws of harassing her over requests for money and the triple talaq divorce. Mumbai police have registered a case against a man working in the United Kingdom …

Triple Talaq via video call: Mumbai Police investigate dowry harassment case against husband and in-laws
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1 week 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, 4 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 …

For divorces in India, the process is the punishment
4 weeks, 1 day ago

For divorces in India, the process is the punishment

India Today  

On July 15, 2024, the legal counsel of Omar Abdullah, the now Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, said in the Supreme Court that his marriage had been irretrievably "dead" as he and his spouse had lived apart for 15 years. HOW DIVORCE LAWS MISUSED IN INDIA, PROCESS IS PUNISHMENT "Let’s start with how, after filing for divorce, a person …

This is Hindustan, country will run as per majority's wishes: High Court judge
1 month ago

This is Hindustan, country will run as per majority's wishes: High Court judge

India Today  

Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, a sitting judge of the Allahabad High Court, said he had no hesitation in saying that "Hindustan would run as per the wishes of the majority people" living in the country. Without naming the Muslim community, the judge said that practices like having multiple wives, triple talaq and halala were "unacceptable". The judge acknowledged that there …

Practice Of Having Multiple Wives Unacceptable; How Your Kids Would Be Kind When You Slaughter Animals In Front Of Them? : Justice Shekhar K. Yadav
1 month ago

Practice Of Having Multiple Wives Unacceptable; How Your Kids Would Be Kind When You Slaughter Animals In Front Of Them? : Justice Shekhar K. Yadav

Live Law  

Speaking at an event organised by the Vishva Hindu Parishad legal cell in Prayagraj, the sitting Judge of the Allahabad High Court, Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, said that a man having four wives is unacceptable. He pointed out that while women are revered as goddesses in Hindu scriptures like the Shastras and Vedas, members of a community still claim the …

Practice Of Having Multiple Wives Unacceptable; How Your Kids Would Be Kind When You Slaughter Animals In Front Of Them? : Justice Shekhar K. Yadav
1 month ago

Practice Of Having Multiple Wives Unacceptable; How Your Kids Would Be Kind When You Slaughter Animals In Front Of Them? : Justice Shekhar K. Yadav

Live Law  

Speaking at an event organised by the Vishva Hindu Parishad legal cell in Prayagraj, the sitting Judge of the Allahabad High Court, Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, said that a man having four wives is unacceptable. He pointed out that while women are revered as goddesses in Hindu scriptures like the Shastras and Vedas, members of a community still claim the …

‘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 …

Husband Must Obtain Judicial Declaration for Dissolution of Marriage: Madras High Court
2 months, 1 week ago

Husband Must Obtain Judicial Declaration for Dissolution of Marriage: Madras High Court

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has ruled that when a Muslim wife disputes the issuance of talaq by the Muslim husband, it is upon the husband to obtain a judicial declaration that marriage is validly dissolved. The court observed that Talaq under Muslim personal laws involved a certain procedure which had to be strictly complied. The court thus observed that if …

UP: 16 booked in two triple talaq cases in week
3 months, 3 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 …

Muslim law board in a huddle seeking rollback of SC's alimony order – Firstpost
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Muslim law board in a huddle seeking rollback of SC's alimony order – Firstpost

Firstpost  

All India Muslim Personal Law Board spokesperson Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas said the board has also decided to talk to the Central government and the Opposition on the matter The Supreme Court’s ruling on alimony to divorced Muslim women was “against the Islamic law ”, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board said. The AIMPLB Working Committee met on Sunday …

AIMPLB may challenge Supreme Court verdict on maintenance to Muslim divorced women
5 months, 4 weeks ago

AIMPLB may challenge Supreme Court verdict on maintenance to Muslim divorced women

India TV News  

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board is preparing to challenge a recent Supreme Court ruling that mandates the payment of maintenance to Muslim divorcee women beyond the period of 'Iddat', an AIMPLB member said. The AIMPLB's position is rooted in the belief that the order contradicts Islamic Shariat law, which stipulates that a husband is obligated to pay maintenance …

AIMPLB may challenge SC ruling on alimony to divorced Muslim women
5 months, 4 weeks ago

AIMPLB may challenge SC ruling on alimony to divorced Muslim women

Hindustan Times  

Lucknow and Meerut: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board is likely to challenge a recent Supreme Court ruling that mandates the payment of maintenance to Muslim divorcee women beyond the period of ‘Iddat’. “Our legal committee’s findings will guide our next steps, which could include filing a review petition.” In contrast, the All India Shia Personal Law Board has …

Muslim women’s alimony right meets the moment
6 months ago

Muslim women’s alimony right meets the moment

New Indian Express  

In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court has said that a Muslim woman has the right to seek maintenance from her husband under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code like any other woman. The SC bench rejected the argument that the provisions of Section 125 do not apply in view of there being a personal law on the issue …

Indian Muslim women can claim alimony from husband after divorce, rules Supreme Court – Firstpost
6 months ago

Indian Muslim women can claim alimony from husband after divorce, rules Supreme Court – Firstpost

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court said a divorced Muslim woman can file a claim for maintenance under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code against her former husband A divorced Muslim woman can now seek alimony from her husband by filing a claim for maintenance under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the Supreme Court of India ruled on Wednesday. A …

Divorced Muslim women can seek maintenance from husband, rules Supreme Court
6 months ago

Divorced Muslim women can seek maintenance from husband, rules Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a divorced Muslim woman is entitled to seek maintenance from her husband under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code, adding that the Muslim Women Act, 1986, will not prevail over the secular law. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Justice Augustine George Masih pronounced the judgments upholding a Muslim woman's right …

MP: Muslim woman given triple talaq by her husband for voting BJP in Lok Sabha elections
6 months, 2 weeks ago

MP: Muslim woman given triple talaq by her husband for voting BJP in Lok Sabha elections

Op India  

In Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district, a 26-year-old Muslim woman has alleged that her husband gave her “triple talaq” after he was enraged with her for voting for the BJP in the Lok Sabha election. The officer went on to say that the complaint woman supported and voted for a political party, which infuriated her husband, who then gave her a …

Allahabad High Court refuses to give Muslim married woman and Hindu live-in partner protection citing Sharia Law
10 months, 1 week ago

Allahabad High Court refuses to give Muslim married woman and Hindu live-in partner protection citing Sharia Law

Op India  

On 23rd February 2024, the Allahabad High Court ruled that it cannot protect the live-in relationship of a legally wedded Muslim woman with another man, as this amounted to a crime according to Sharia. Justice Renu Agarwal gave this verdict on a plea filed by a married Muslim woman and her Hindu live-in partner fearing for her life against threats …

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, …

Divorced Muslim Woman Need Not Obtain Court Order to Record Talaq: Kerala HC
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Divorced Muslim Woman Need Not Obtain Court Order to Record Talaq: Kerala HC

News 18  

The Kerala High Court recently ruled that a Registrar for Births, Deaths, and Marriages can record a divorce obtained through talaq under Muslim personal law without insisting on a court order. A bench of Justice PV Kunhikrishnan said that a divorced Muslim woman need not be sent to a court of law for recording the talaq if it is otherwise …

Muslim women need no legal order to register for divorce given following personal law: Kerala High Court
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Muslim women need no legal order to register for divorce given following personal law: Kerala High Court

Op India  

The Kerala High Court has held that a Registrar for Births, Deaths, and Marriages does not require a court order to record a divorce acquired by talaq under Muslim personal law. According to Justice PV Kunhikrishnan, if the divorce is otherwise in order under personal law, a Muslim woman does not need to go to court to record talaq; instead, …

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' …

Muslim Law Board’s stand sought on nikah halala
1 year, 4 months ago

Muslim Law Board’s stand sought on nikah halala

The Hindu  

August 25, 2023 06:30 pm | Updated 11:29 pm IST - NEW DELHI The Law Commission has asked the All India Muslim Personal Law Board to unambiguously state its position on nikah halala and muta, two controversial forms of marriage. These questions assume significance as petitions against nikah halala and muta have been filed in the Supreme Court by several …

The politics of the Uniform Civil Code
1 year, 5 months ago

The politics of the Uniform Civil Code

The Hindu  

On June 27, in Bhopal, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi advocated that a Uniform Civil Code be implemented, he was seeking to accomplish the last of the three core ideological agendas that the Bharatiya Janata Party has campaigned for years. Another key issue of UCC is Muslim personal law. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board came into existence in …

The unseemly politics of the Uniform Civil Code
1 year, 5 months ago

The unseemly politics of the Uniform Civil Code

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been pushing for a Uniform Civil Code and is blaming the Opposition for trying to “instigate” Muslims on the issue. The Congress said there was no need for the Muslim Women Act, which criminalises triple talaq, as the practice had already been declared null and void by the court, whereas in 1986, Prime Minister Rajiv …

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 …

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 …

Kerala HC cites Quran to hold Muslim woman's right to 'Khula', AIMPLB says husband can reject it
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala HC cites Quran to hold Muslim woman's right to 'Khula', AIMPLB says husband can reject it

Op India  

The Kerala High Court last week dismissed a review petition filed by a man challenging the divorce granted to his wife under the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act,1939, holding that a Muslim woman has the absolute right to dissolve her marriage at will and does not need her husband’s consent for it. “We declared that the right of a Muslim …

Husband can reject Khula demand: Muslim Personal Law Board
2 years, 2 months ago

Husband can reject Khula demand: Muslim Personal Law Board

The Hindu  

November 03, 2022 10:33 pm | Updated November 04, 2022 01:12 am IST - NEW DELHI In a move likely to have far reaching ramifications, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Thursday pronounced that a Muslim woman does not enjoy a unilateral right to end her marriage through Khula. The Board’s response comes in the wake of Kerala …

Islamic Law Recognizes Muslim Woman's Right To Demand Divorce, Husband's Consent Not Essential: Kerala High Court
2 years, 2 months ago

Islamic Law Recognizes Muslim Woman's Right To Demand Divorce, Husband's Consent Not Essential: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

Observing that Islamic law recognises a Muslim woman's right to demand termination of marriage, the Kerala High Court has ruled that the will of the wife cannot be "related to the will of the husband" who may not be agreeing to the divorce.Dismissing a review petition against a judgment wherein the court had recognized a Muslim woman's right to resort …

Jaipur woman accuses husband of giving her triple talaq over birth of daughter
2 years, 2 months ago

Jaipur woman accuses husband of giving her triple talaq over birth of daughter

India Today  

A Muslim woman was allegedly given triple talaq by her husband for giving birth to a girl in Rajasthan’s Jaipur. The woman, Sananaaz, has accused her husband, Amanullah, of giving her triple talaq after she gave birth to their daughter. "I was given instant triple Talaq by my husband because I gave birth to a girl. But once again, I …

Islamic law recognises Muslim woman's right to demand divorce, husband's consent not needed: Kerala HC
2 years, 2 months ago

Islamic law recognises Muslim woman's right to demand divorce, husband's consent not needed: Kerala HC

India Today  

The Kerala High Court has said that the Islamic law recognises a Muslim woman's right to demand termination of marriage. Dismissing a review petition against a judgment wherein the court had recognised a Muslim woman's right to resort to khula, the division bench of Justice A Muhamed Mustaque and Justice CS Dias said, "In the absence of any mechanism in …

All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board Approaches Supreme Court Against Extra-Judicial & Unilateral Talaq
2 years, 2 months ago

All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board Approaches Supreme Court Against Extra-Judicial & Unilateral Talaq

Live Law  

The All-India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board has moved Supreme Court seeking against unilateral forms of divorce by Muslim husbands by pronouncement of talaq as per the personal law.The Board seeks to declare divorce given to Muslim women without following the due procedure as null & void with retrospective effect.The Board sought a direction from the Court to declare that …

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 …

The case of nikah halala in India, and a long court battle
2 years, 3 months ago

The case of nikah halala in India, and a long court battle

The Hindu  

The story so far: Sameena Begum, a Delhi-based victim of instant triple talaq and a fraud marriage approached the Supreme Court in 2018 seeking a ban on nikah halala. Usually, nikah halala stems from instant triple talaq and ends with it. In India, the Muslim Women’s Protection of Rights on Marriage passed after the invalidation of triple talaq by the …

More Muslim women are opting for khhula, their right to ‘instant divorce’
2 years, 4 months ago

More Muslim women are opting for khhula, their right to ‘instant divorce’

The Hindu  

More Muslim marriages end with khhula, the woman’s inalienable right to instant divorce, and not as it’s widely perceived through instant triple talaq, which was set aside by a Supreme Court verdict in 2017, or through talaq-e-hassan, divorce at the man’s initiative. Data available at the Imarat-e-Shariah’s Darul Qaza or Islamic arbitration centres show most cases of divorce are filed …

Model nikahnama with triple talaq ban still a work in progress
2 years, 4 months ago

Model nikahnama with triple talaq ban still a work in progress

The Hindu  

Five years after the All India Muslim Personal Law Board pledged to insert a prohibition on instant triple talaq in the model nikahnama to be used for solemnizing Muslim marriages, the wedding contract remains a work under process. The ideological logjam has been going on since 2017, when faced with the heat on the issue of instant triple talaq, the …

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 …

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 …

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