{"id":76214,"date":"2021-01-11T13:31:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T08:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=76214"},"modified":"2021-02-02T10:32:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T05:02:20","slug":"flawed-understanding-of-triple-talaq-law-is-leading-to-its-misuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/flawed-understanding-of-triple-talaq-law-is-leading-to-its-misuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Flawed understanding of triple talaq law is leading to its misuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Synopsis<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2013 Faulty<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0understanding\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">of the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0triple talaq\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">law i.e.,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act of 2019, as well as the Islamic law on divorce is leading to misuse of the act.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Introduction-\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0In\u00a0the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">2019, a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Supreme Court Bench led by Justice D Y Chandrachud observed that mother-in-law of the second respondent (wife) cannot be accused of the offence of pronouncement of triple talaq under the Act as the offence can only be committed by a Muslim man (husband). It clearly shows that the act is being misunderstood.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Background of the anti-triple talaq law-\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"10\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Anti-women divorce\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">customs prevalent in pre-Islamic Arabia<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0had been given a severe blow by the teachings\u00a0of\u00a0 great\u00a0social reformer Prophet Muhammad.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"10\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">On the basis that \u201cold habits die hard\u201d, unscrupulous men innovated ways and means to circumvent the Prophet\u2019s noble teachings.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"10\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">One of these was the practice of triple talaq \u2014 repeating the word \u201ctalaq\u201d thrice \u2014 which was believed to effect instant dissolution of marriage leaving no room for any reconsideration or reconciliation.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"10\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Instead of defeating this innovation, law men of the time called it talaq-ul-bidat\u00a0and declared it to be \u201csinful but effective\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"10\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">This concept remained in Muslim societies for centuries across the globe.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"10\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">But due to its devastating effects on families and societies, country after country in Asia and Africa gradually abolished by legislation the detestable practice of triple talaq.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Situation in India-<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">India took a much longer time to follow suit. During British rule, courts kept this law alive as\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">a\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201c<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">sinful but effective\u201d<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0form of divorce after calling it a concept\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cbad in theology but good in law.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Pos<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2013 Independence, some High Court judges like VR Krishna Iyer of Kerala and Baharul Islam of Assam tried to awaken the custodians of state authority to the need for its abolition.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Finally,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0the practice of triple talaq was outlawed in the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Shayara<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Bano case of 2017.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0The\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">anti-triple talaq Act of 2019<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0was the outcome of this judicial reform.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">How provisions of Triple Talaq law are often misunderstood<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"10\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Misuse of Section 498A<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0of the Indian Penal Code (cruelty to a woman by her husband or his relatives) was once acknowledged by the apex court and formalized some measures. But under feminist pressure, the measures were withdrawn.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"10\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"8\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Anti-triple talaq law together with Section 498A<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0is proving destructive for the families.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"10\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"9\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">For\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Instance,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0in one triple talaq case in Kerala, a lawyer of a woman<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0included her husband\u2019s mother in the FIR<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0filed against her husband in reference to the said IPC provision.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"10\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"10\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kerala High Court had refused bail to the accused husband\u2019s mother. The case went to SC where SC highlighted the faulty applications os the act, that<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"11\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">There is no specific provision in Section 7(c), or elsewhere in the Act, making Section 438 inapplicable to an offence punishable under the Ac<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"10\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"11\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Section 7 of the 2019 act is particularly misunderstood.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Many lawyer misbelief that it overrides the general provision for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Criminal Procedure Code.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"11\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">For example, after enactment of the act, a man accused in the Triple talaq case\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">sought anticipatory bail in the Bombay High Court.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Lawyer argued that the non-obstante clause in Section 7, makes\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">CrPC<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0provision inapplicable.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"11\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">However, Court rejected the argument and granted bail to the person.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"10\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"12\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">For understanding the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">common-sense<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0fact that this Act is meant to discipline erring husbands only, the learned lawyers needed a learning session with the apex court.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The verdict of SC is a significant step towards preventing the misuse of the anti-triple divorce law.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis\u2013 Faulty\u00a0understanding\u00a0of the\u00a0triple talaq\u00a0law i.e.,\u00a0Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act of 2019, as well as the Islamic law on divorce is leading to misuse of the act.\u00a0 Introduction-\u00a0\u00a0In\u00a0the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act of\u00a02019, a\u00a0Supreme Court Bench led by Justice D Y Chandrachud observed that mother-in-law of the second respondent&hellip; 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