Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act Provisions Are Not Applicable Against In-Laws: MP HC [Read Order]
4 years, 5 months ago

Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act Provisions Are Not Applicable Against In-Laws: MP HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that the provisions of the Muslim Women Act, 2019 are applicable only against the husband and not against in-laws. Section 3 of the Act declares that 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, shall be void and illegal. Any Muslim husband who pronounces talaq referred to in section 3 upon his wife is liable to be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine In this case, the accused had approached the High Court seeking anticipatory bail apprehending arrest in a crime registered under Section 498-A of Indian Penal Code, Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, and Section 3/4 of The Muslim Women Act, 2019. While granting them the protection of pre-arrest bail with conditions, Justice Shailendra Shukla observed: The provisions of The Muslim Women Act, 2019 are applicable only against the husband and not against in-laws.

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Mumbai woman files case against husband for harassment over dowry, triple talaq
6 days, 17 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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6 days, 23 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 …

‘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 …

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 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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Magistrate Can Decide Validity Of Talaq In Wife's Petition Under DV Act If Husband Disputes Their Marital Status: Kerala High Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Magistrate Can Decide Validity Of Talaq In Wife's Petition Under DV Act If Husband Disputes Their Marital Status: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has ruled that a Magistrate is empowered to decide the pela of talaq raised by the husband in his wife's petition filed under the Domestic Violence Act if he disputes their marital status on that ground. Justice Kauser Edappagath thereby allowed a criminal revision petition holding that the finding of the appellate court that the Magistrate …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

SC Issues Notice On Another Plea Challenging Criminalization Of Triple Talaq
5 years, 3 months ago

SC Issues Notice On Another Plea Challenging Criminalization Of Triple Talaq

Live Law  

The Bench of Justices N. V. Ramana, Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi of the Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice in another petition challenging the constitutional validity of the law criminalizing Triple Talaq. It is noteworthy that Section 3 of the Act prescribes imprisonment of a Muslim husband for a term which may extend to three years and fine, …

Supreme Court agrees to examine triple talaq law
5 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court agrees to examine triple talaq law

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the challenge to the provisions in the Muslim Women Act, 2019, that criminalises the instant triple talaq and provides for the imprisonment of husband for divorcing wife and the retrospective applicability of the law. Seeking the Centre’s response on multiple petitions challenging different aspects of the Act also known as …

SC Issues Notice On Petitions Challenging the Constitutional Validity of New Triple Talaq Law
5 years, 4 months ago

SC Issues Notice On Petitions Challenging the Constitutional Validity of New Triple Talaq Law

Live Law  

Supreme Court has issued notice on the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Muslim Women Act, 2019. Subsequently, the triple talaq law- Women Act 2019 was passed by the Central government on July31, 2019, criminalizing such pronouncement and prescribing a punishment of up to 3 yrs imprisonment for the same. Petitions Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulama Vs Union of India …

Odisha: Muslim woman asks for Eidi, gets triple talaq instead; complaint filed against husband
5 years, 4 months ago

Odisha: Muslim woman asks for Eidi, gets triple talaq instead; complaint filed against husband

Firstpost  

A Muslim woman from Soro area in Odisha’s Balasore district has lodged a complaint with the administration, accusing her husband of divorcing her by pronouncing ’talaq’ thrice on Monday, the auspicious day of Eid-al-Adha Balasore: A Muslim woman from Soro area in Odisha’s Balasore district has lodged a complaint with the administration, accusing her husband of divorcing her by pronouncing …

Odisha woman gets triple talaq over phone just a year post marriage; case registered
5 years, 5 months ago

Odisha woman gets triple talaq over phone just a year post marriage; case registered

India TV News  

Days after Parliament passed a bill criminalising triple talaq, the Odisha Police have registered the first case of instant divorce in the Pattamundai area of the Kendrapara district on Saturday. A woman has lodged a complaint with the police accusing her husband Abusufyan Khan of divorcing her on phone from Hyderabad after one year of marriage. The woman alleged that …

PIL filed in Supreme Court challenging triple talaq law
5 years, 5 months ago

PIL filed in Supreme Court challenging triple talaq law

India TV News  

A public interest litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Constitutional validity of the Muslim Women Act, 2019 which criminalises triple talaq. The public suit has been filed by the Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema, a religious organisation of Sunni Muslim scholars and clerics in Kerala, which has requested the apex court to strike down the new act …

Another case filed under new Triple Talaq law in Thane
5 years, 5 months ago

Another case filed under new Triple Talaq law in Thane

India TV News  

A woman in Maharashtra's Thane has filed a complaint against her husband and his family members for violation of the Muslim Women Act, 2019 -- probably the first case in the state filed under the new triple talaq law. This was Uttar Pradesh's first such case registered under the new Triple Talaq Law. The Triple Talaq Bill or Muslim Women …

Up to 3 years jail for Muslim men giving instant triple talaq: Ram Nath Kovind gives assent to Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill
5 years, 5 months ago

Up to 3 years jail for Muslim men giving instant triple talaq: Ram Nath Kovind gives assent to Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill

Firstpost  

President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday gave his assent to the Muslim Women, Bill, 2019 New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday gave his assent to the Muslim Women, Bill, 2019, which criminalises instant ’triple talaq’ among Muslims and attracts a jail term of three years for the husband. Soon after the Bill was passed on July 30 by …

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 …

Opinion | Talaq jeopardy
5 years, 5 months ago

Opinion | Talaq jeopardy

Live Mint  

The practice of instant triple talaq, under which a Muslim man divorces his wife by uttering the word “talaq” thrice in one go, may not be rampant, but is too appalling for a secular democratic state to ignore. Last week, the Lok Sabha passed the Muslim Women Bill, 2019, which seeks to forbid it. The main objection raised by the …

Man sends talaqnama to wife on stamp paper in Madhya Pradesh
5 years, 5 months ago

Man sends talaqnama to wife on stamp paper in Madhya Pradesh

India TV News  

A 34-year-old woman approached police after her husband sent a "talaqnama" on a Rs 100 stamp paper in Indore in Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Saturday. "My husband Mudassir Baig sent me a Rs 100 stamp paper containing the 'talaq-e-bain', which according to him frees me from the bond of marriage. When contacted, Inspector Rahul Sharma of Chandan Nagar …

Full text: Lok Sabha passes bill criminalising instant triple talaq, allows jail term of upto three years for husband
5 years, 5 months ago

Full text: Lok Sabha passes bill criminalising instant triple talaq, allows jail term of upto three years for husband

Firstpost  

Lok Sabha on Thursday gave its nod to a bill which seeks to penalise the practice of instant triple talaq by a voice vote. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— “electronic form” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause of sub-section of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000; “Magistrate” means a Judicial …

SC To Hear Muslim Woman's Plea Challenging Husband's 'Triple Talaq' Notices Tomorrow
5 years, 7 months ago

SC To Hear Muslim Woman's Plea Challenging Husband's 'Triple Talaq' Notices Tomorrow

Live Law  

With wishes to keep her matrimonial ties intact, a Muslim woman has approached Supreme Court for declaration of talaq given by her husband as illegal. Ruby against her husband Shahid Parvez contending that talaq notices from Parvez are in violation of the order passed by the apex court in Shayara Bano v. Union of India &. Ruby against her husband …

Triple talaq Bill penalises Muslim men: Congress MP
6 years ago

Triple talaq Bill penalises Muslim men: Congress MP

The Quint  

New Delhi, Dec 27 Congress MP Sushmita Dev said on Thursday that the triple talaq Bill was not about empowering women and tat it seeks to penalise Muslim men. Participating in the debate on the Bill in the Lok Sabha, she said Congress opposes criminalisation of triple talaq. The Bill seeks to replace an ordinance issued earlier for protecting the …

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