Ready to ban triple talaq in one sitting: AIMPLB
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) will issue an advisory to all qazis and imams asking them to advise couples, at the time of nikah, not to use instant triple talaq. The AIMPLB also added that the qazis and imams will inform the wife that she can exclude the husband’s right to give instant triple talaq and add this in the nikahnamma.
The AIMPLB’s undertaking, supporting their contention that “triple talaq is an undesirable practice”, comes barely a week after the conclusion of the hearings in the triple talaq case. In its affidavit, it added, Muslim men who resort to the triple talaq would face social boycott. “Social boycott will help in decreasing the incidents of divorce,”the affidavit read.
“The Board’s working committee had earlier already passed certain resolutions in the meeting held April 15 and April 16 in relation to divorce (talaq) in the Muslim community. Thereby, it was resolved to convey a code of conduct/guidelines to be followed in the matters of divorce, particularly emphasising the need to avoid the pronouncement of three divorces in one sitting,” the affidavit, filed in the Supreme Court, read.
During the week-long hearing, which began on May 11 and concluded a week later, …read more