Supreme court terms triple talak as retrogade, illegal n untrustworthy. Says its unconstitutional
Supreme court terms triple talak as retrograde, illegal n untrustworthy. Says its unconstitutional…!
(Sunil Negi, President, Uttarakhand Journalists Forum)
The decision of the five judge bench of Supreme Court declaring the Shariat law of triple talaq as null n void for at least six months n directing the central government to frame a law, has been termed as historic by the petitioners who were women belonging to minority community. The women Saira Bano who filed the petition in the apex court hailed from Kashipur Uttarakhand and was herself the victim of TT having been arbitrarily divorced by her erroneous husband in the year 2015 ten years after her marriage in 2001 by pronouncing talaq verbally..This significant decision while being hailed by the oppressed n suppressed women of the muslim community has simultaneously opened a new chapter for acrimonious debate in the society, particularly for those who have been opposing it tooth n nail within the minority community. The women in shackles due to this tradition since time immemorial though feel relieved it remains to be seen as to how the fundamentalist section strictly adhered to sharia laws within the minority community particularly on the important issue of TT would react to this historic decision.
It may be recalled that the controversial issue of triple talaq has led to hundreds of thousands of illiterate women of minority community to immense socio economic distress n quandary after they had been left in lurch by their irresponsible n opportunist husbands going with other women by just verbally uttering taqaq thrice for no fault of theirs.This historic decision of the apex court has send jubilation in the muslim women community whose population in India is no less than a whopping 9 corers. For u r knowledge let me tell u that this awful tradition of triple talaq is non existent in over 22 muslim countries of the world including (in) countries like Pakistan n Bangladesh. However, surprisingly in one of the replies to the post of Sr. journalist Satish Mishra Abdul Naim Ali of Hydrabad says: I did not understand, Why are the Indian courts trying to correct the Sharia? This is a matter for the jurisprudence of internal reformation over time. What’s your take on this, friends?