SC issues notice to Center

Why in news?
  • Supreme Court to inquire into a batch of petitions challenging criminalisation of pronouncement of triple talaq.
  • The petition stated despite being held invalid and condemned as crimepractices such as dowry managed to survive.
More in news
  • SC has issued notice to the govt on pleas challenging the constitutionality of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019.
  • Petition by Samastha Kerala Jamiathul has claimed
(1) Objective of the new law was to punish Muslim husbands.
(2) Protection of wives cannot be achieved by incarceration of husbands.
(3) Supreme Court had declared the utterance of triple talaq null and void.
Source
The Hindu




Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 24th Aug 2019