Muslim Women's Personal Law Board moves SC; asks divorce without due procedure be declared as null and void

New Delhi: All India Muslim Women’s Personal Law Board and Nyaya Bodh Foundation have moved the Supreme Court seeking direction that divorce given to Muslim women without following the due procedure of arbitration & conciliation in the presence of a witness be declared as null & void retrospectively. Earlier today, a case has been registered against a man and five other members of his family after he allegedly gave instant ’triple talaq’ to his wife in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone district, police said on Wednesday. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act bans the practice of instant triple talaq. A 23-year-old woman approached the Kotwali police in Khargone on Tuesday, accusing her husband of giving her triple talaq and dowry harassment. Kotwali police station in-charge B L Mandloi said the woman in her complaint said she got married to the 26-year-old man, who is into milk selling business, about 10 months back. She was thrown out of her in-laws’ house in May as they demanded dowry, the official said quoting the complaint. When she returned to her in-laws’ house in August, her husband allegedly gave her instant triple talaq, the police official said. Based on her complaint, an FIR was registered against the man, his parents and three other relatives under Indian Penal Code sections for dowry harassment and provisions of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, he said. Further legal steps will be taken after an investigation, he added. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act bans the practice of instant triple talaq. An offence under the Act can attract three years of imprisonment. Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.