Will advise Qazis not to entertain triple talaq, Muslim board tells SC
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar has reserved its verdict on a clutch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of triple talaq among Muslims.
The All India Muslim Personal Law board filed a fresh affidavit on Monday in Supreme Court in connection the ongoing Triple Talaq trail. According to reports, the Muslim board has asked grooms to not give talaq in one sitting.
In its affidavit, the board said, it would issue an advisory requesting persons who perform 'Nikah' to follow certain steps.
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Person
performing
'Nikah'
to
advise
bridegroom-in
case
of
differences
leading
to
Talaq-
bridegroom
shall
not
pronounce
divorce
thrice
in
single
sitting
since
it's
an
undesirable
practice
in
Shariat.
-
Person
performing
'Nikah'
will
advise
both
bride
and
bridegroom
to
incorporate
a
condition
in
'Nikahnama'
to
exclude
resorting
to
pronouncement
of
three
divorces
by
her
husband
in
one
sitting.
Earlier, the Muslim Board told the Supreme Court that it has decided to issue a circular to all qazis across the country that while finalising 'nikahnama', they must take an undertaking from the husband that he will not give triple talaq to his wife. However, Muslim women organizations and petitioners before the SC called the All India Muslim Personal Law Board's move to issue a circular to qazis countrywide as an "eyewash" and "useless exercise".
The Modi government has submitted an affidavit in the Supreme Court supporting the ban on Triple Talaq. The government took a stance that the practice violates the fundamental rights of Muslim women and leads to their exploitation. Taking cognizance of a number of petitions filed in the apex court, the Supreme Court has said that a five-judge Constitution Bench would look into the legality of triple talaq during the court's summer vacation in May. The bench began the hearing on May 11.
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar has reserved its verdict on a clutch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of triple talaq among Muslims after hearing parties, including the Centre, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and the All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board.
The Supreme Court has also asked Muslim bodies how a practice like triple talaq could be a matter of "faith" when they have been asserting that it is "patriarchal", "bad in theology" and "sinful".
(With agency inputs)