Supreme Court issued a Notice to Centre on Plea Challenging 'Triple Talaq'

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019 that criminalizes 'triple talaq'. The court order came on a fresh petition filed by the Muslim Advocates Association.

A bench headed by Justice N.V. Ramana also tagged the fresh petition with other pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the law.

Passed by the Centre on July 31, the 'triple talaq' law criminalizes the pronouncement of divorce or 'Triple Talaq' and prescribes up to three years imprisonment as punishment.

Muslim Advocates Association's counsel Kamlesh Kumar Mitra called the law's violation of Constitutional rights and said it has immediate propensity to deprive Muslim men and women of their fundamental rights.

He also called the law unconstitutional and sought a stay on the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act.

Earlier Jamiat Ulaima-i-Hind has said the new law defined "talaq" to mean "talaq-e-biddat" or something similar having the effect of instantaneous and irrevocable divorce pronounced by a Muslim husband. (IANS)

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