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Supreme Court terms triple talaq 'illegal', 'unconstitutional': In 3:2 judgment, SC declares instant divorce 'invalid'
Fp Staff • 8 years agoThe Supreme Court has upheld the practice of triple talaq for six months, and has asked Union Government to bring legislation within the time-frame.
Triple talaq: Will issue advisory against practice, says Muslim law board to Supreme Court
Fp Staff • 8 years agoThe All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Monday told the Supreme Court that it would issue an advisory to 'Qazis' to tell bridegrooms that they will not resort to triple talaq to annul their marriage.
Dismay as Muslim law board sticks to regressive instant 'Talaq' over a 3-month process
Tarique • 10 years ago“At a time when most Muslim nations have abolished the practice of triple talaq, it is strange and ridiculous that India is still following the age-old system,” Naved Hamid, chairman of People’s Integration Council, told Firstpost.
Delhi court cites 'Mahomedan law' to absolve man of raping minor
Fp Archives • 12 years agoA Muslim man has been absolved of charges of illegally confining and raping a minor from the same religion, whom he later married, by a Delhi court which cited the Mahomedan Law that allows a 15-year-old girl to marry against the wishes of her parents