Law On Muslim Divorce

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said on Sunday that it is exploring all possible measures to get the Supreme Court to "roll back" its ruling on alimony to divorced Muslim women as it is "against" Islamic law.

Less than three weeks after Uttarakhand became the first state in independent India to pass legislation on a Uniform Civil Code, Assam has taken its first step towards a similar law by repealing the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act.

The rate of divorce among Muslims has "come down by 96 per cent" since triple talaq was made a punishable offence under the law in 2019 and this has benefitted women and children, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan said on Thursday.

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Monday said that cases of divorces in the Muslim community have dropped by 80 per cent since the Muslim Women (Protection Of Rights On Marriage) Act was enacted.

The Supreme Court has said there is no bar on granting anticipatory bail for an offence committed under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019, which makes the practice of instant divorce through "triple talaq" among Muslims a punishable offence, provided the court hears the complainant woman before granting pre-arrest bail.

The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre on a plea of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board or AIMPLB challenging the law which criminalises instant triple talaq (divorce).

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a fresh petition challenging the validity of a newly enacted law which makes the practice of instant divorce through "triple talaq" among Muslims a punishable offence.

Days after Parliament passed the law penalising instant triple talaq, a 25-year-old Muslim man in Madhya Pradesh's Indore allegedly divorced his wife on the spot following an argument over his one-year-old daughter disturbing his sleep.

The new legislation which makes the practice of instant divorce through ''triple talaq'' among Muslims a punishable offence with 3-year imprisonment was challenged in the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court on Friday.

A fresh bill to outlaw the Muslim practice of a man divorcing his wife instantly by uttering "talaq" thrice, which got stalled in the upper house of parliament and lapsed, was introduced in the Lok Sabha today. The government countered the opposition's charge that it was a "discriminatory" bill by pointing out that the Supreme Court's order ...

Addressing a parliamentary session held to decide on the Triple Talaq law, Union Minister Smriti Irani today wondered why there was so much opposition to curbing the controversial Islamic practice of instant divorce when the house has enacted similar legislations on dowry and sati in the past.

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Thursday said the Triple Talaq bill, which seeks imprisonment for Muslim men accused of instant divorce, is not about politics but empowerment and justice for women, as the Lok Sabha began a discussion on the contentious legislation.

Even as the Lok Sabha on Thursday debated the revised bill to make instant Triple Talaq - the practice of Muslim men instantly divorcing their wives by uttering "Talaq" thrice -- a punishable offence, NDA ally Shiv Sena demanded a law for the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya.

The revised bill to make instant Triple Talaq - a practice among Muslim men to instantly divorce their wives by uttering "Talaq" thrice -- a punishable offence was passed in the Lok Sabha on Thurday after five-hour debate and a walkout by the Congress and the AIADMK. Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the bill should not be seen through the "pri...

A revised bill to make instant Triple Talaq a punishable offence was taken up in the Lok Sabha today amid huge uproar. The government considered a law on it after the Supreme Court said in August last year that the traditional method of Muslim men instantly divorcing their wives by uttering "Talaq" thrice was "unconstitutional" and "arbitrary". The...

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said on Sunday that it is exploring all possible measures to get the Supreme Court to "roll back" its ruling on alimony to divorced Muslim women as it is "against" Islamic law.

Less than three weeks after Uttarakhand became the first state in independent India to pass legislation on a Uniform Civil Code, Assam has taken its first step towards a similar law by repealing the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act.

The rate of divorce among Muslims has "come down by 96 per cent" since triple talaq was made a punishable offence under the law in 2019 and this has benefitted women and children, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan said on Thursday.

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Monday said that cases of divorces in the Muslim community have dropped by 80 per cent since the Muslim Women (Protection Of Rights On Marriage) Act was enacted.

The Supreme Court has said there is no bar on granting anticipatory bail for an offence committed under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019, which makes the practice of instant divorce through "triple talaq" among Muslims a punishable offence, provided the court hears the complainant woman before granting pre-arrest bail.

The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre on a plea of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board or AIMPLB challenging the law which criminalises instant triple talaq (divorce).

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a fresh petition challenging the validity of a newly enacted law which makes the practice of instant divorce through "triple talaq" among Muslims a punishable offence.

Days after Parliament passed the law penalising instant triple talaq, a 25-year-old Muslim man in Madhya Pradesh's Indore allegedly divorced his wife on the spot following an argument over his one-year-old daughter disturbing his sleep.

The new legislation which makes the practice of instant divorce through ''triple talaq'' among Muslims a punishable offence with 3-year imprisonment was challenged in the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court on Friday.

A fresh bill to outlaw the Muslim practice of a man divorcing his wife instantly by uttering "talaq" thrice, which got stalled in the upper house of parliament and lapsed, was introduced in the Lok Sabha today. The government countered the opposition's charge that it was a "discriminatory" bill by pointing out that the Supreme Court's order ...

Addressing a parliamentary session held to decide on the Triple Talaq law, Union Minister Smriti Irani today wondered why there was so much opposition to curbing the controversial Islamic practice of instant divorce when the house has enacted similar legislations on dowry and sati in the past.

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Thursday said the Triple Talaq bill, which seeks imprisonment for Muslim men accused of instant divorce, is not about politics but empowerment and justice for women, as the Lok Sabha began a discussion on the contentious legislation.

Even as the Lok Sabha on Thursday debated the revised bill to make instant Triple Talaq - the practice of Muslim men instantly divorcing their wives by uttering "Talaq" thrice -- a punishable offence, NDA ally Shiv Sena demanded a law for the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya.

The revised bill to make instant Triple Talaq - a practice among Muslim men to instantly divorce their wives by uttering "Talaq" thrice -- a punishable offence was passed in the Lok Sabha on Thurday after five-hour debate and a walkout by the Congress and the AIADMK. Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the bill should not be seen through the "pri...

A revised bill to make instant Triple Talaq a punishable offence was taken up in the Lok Sabha today amid huge uproar. The government considered a law on it after the Supreme Court said in August last year that the traditional method of Muslim men instantly divorcing their wives by uttering "Talaq" thrice was "unconstitutional" and "arbitrary". The...