Triple Talaq: Supreme Court seeks Center's response to Muslim Personal Law Board petition

(PTI) New Delhi, Ta. November 13, 2019, Thursday

The Supreme Court has sought the response of the AIMPlub (All India Muslim Personal Law Board) application challenging the law that criminalizes those who use the triple divorce procedure to free a Muslim woman from marriage bonds.

A Bench of Justices, under the leadership of Justice NV Raman, has combined the application of the AIMPlub with other fall petitions challenging the Muslim Women (Protection of Marriage Rights) Act 2009.

Listening to the petition filed by Sirath Un-Nabi Academy, expressing dissatisfaction with the number of applications filed by different individuals and institutions, the court told the academy's juror that "how many applications will be made on the same issue?" In each case there is a notification. And you apply for all public interest (PIL). More than 20 applications are pending on the triple divorce issue.

If 100 such applications come, we have to hear them for 100 years? We cannot hear 100 petitions related to the same issue. ”It is illegal to express talaq three times simultaneously through social media or any other electronic chat, including voice, writing, SMS or WhatsApp.

A Muslim husband who does so can face up to three years in prison and a fine. The petition filed by Aimplub and Kamal Farooqi challenged the constitutional merits of making the triple divorce law precarious.

This violates the provisions of Articles 14,15,20 and 21 of the Constitution. The law is an unnecessary interruption of the Muslim Personal Law, the petition said. The Supreme Court dismissed the triple talaq practice in August 2017. The law passed on July 30.