Plea moved in SC challenging newly enacted triple talaq law

A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday challenging the constitutional validity of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, which criminalises triple talaq among Muslims and attracts a jail term up to three years for the husband.

A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday challenging the constitutional validity of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, which criminalises triple talaq among Muslims and attracts a jail term up to three years for the husband. The petition, moved by Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema, a Kerala-based organisation of the Sunni Muslim scholars and clerics, sought that the Act be declared unconstitutional.

It also said that a direction should be issued to impose an interim stay on the newly enacted law. The Act is in violation of various Articles of the Constitution, the petitioner stated, adding that it would create "grave public mischief and may lead to polarisation and disharmony in society".

This came a day after the triple talaq legislation became an Act following presidential assent. (ANI)

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