Two years of triple divorce law: Center claims - 80% less cases, tells Muslim organization, women's plight increases

New delhi date. Tuesday 3 August 2021

Two years have passed since the law was introduced by the Modi government against triple divorce. Describing the law as effective as a whole, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi claims that it has reduced the number of triple divorce cases by 80 per cent. However, Muslim organizations are questioning the figures. Shaista Amber, chairperson of the Muslim Women's Personal Law Board, which is fighting against triple divorce, is claiming that the law has been abused.

Modi government's claim - reduction in triple divorce cases

A Muslim Women's Rights Day event was organized in Delhi on Sunday to mark the completion of two years of the Triple Divorce Act. In it, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that the number of triple divorce cases has come down by 80 per cent since the enactment of the Muslim Women Act. Before the law came into force on August 1, 2019, more than 63,000 cases were reported in Uttar Pradesh. Which remained 221 after the law was enacted. In Bihar, only 49 cases of triple divorce were reported. At the event, Union Minister Smriti Irani said that this Muslim Women's Rights Day is to salute the spirit and struggle of Muslim women.

The law increased the difficulty for women

Maulana Sajjad Nomani, spokesperson of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, said that the claim made by the Modi government two years after the implementation of the triple divorce. Which does not match the fact as a whole. The facts of the Muslim community that are coming before us. This indicates that cases of domestic violence against Muslim women have been on the rise since the law was enacted.

Law is being abused: Shaista

Shaista Amber, chairperson of the All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board, which fights against triple divorce, says triple divorce has declined since the law came into force. Triple divorce cases are no longer heard on a daily basis. But it is coming up in another way. Men used to misuse triple divorce before now women are using the new law for no reason. Recently, some such cases have come up. In which the young woman and her family used the Triple Divorce Act as a weapon against the young man. So the government also needs to consider to prevent the law from being abused.