Divorced Via Speed Post, Muslim Woman Moves SC Demanding Ban On ‘Triple Talaq'
A Muslim woman has
approached the Supreme Court seeking a ban on the ‘triple talaq’ system after
she was divorced over speed post. Afreen Rehman got married two years ago and had been living with her in-laws. The 25-year old Jaipur
resident said she was harassed by her in-laws over dowry and was kicked out of
their home.
“They started to beat
me and in September my in-laws asked me to leave their place. Thereafter, I
came to my maternal home and after some time received a speed post from my
husband announcing divorce,” Rehman told Zee News.
According to Muslim
Personal Law, a man can divorce his wife by saying ‘talaq’ three times, a
custom that has already been challenged in the Supreme Court. In February, the
Supreme Court, upon receiving a complaint from a divorced Muslim woman, had
sought the centre’s response on the validity of such a law.
Last year, the Muslim
Personal Law Board had said there was no scope of change in the ‘triple talaq’
system and rejected the suggestion by some community outfits for building a
consensus on making a three-month period mandatory before finalisation of
divorce.
Though as per Quran
and Hadith, "triple talaq" is a crime, but once said the process
would be considered complete and cannot be changed, Muslim Personal Law Board
spokesman Maulana Abdul Raheem Qureshi had then said.
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