The couple had been married for about 20 years, and the woman's husband had left for Sharjah-Dubai in January but did not come back, police said quoting the woman's complaint.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019 that criminalises 'triple talaq'. The court order came on a fresh petition filed by the Muslim Advocates Association.
A case was registered against Aftab and his five family members under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, SHO of Kotwali police station Anil Kapervan said.
The maximum number of 26 such cases have been registered in Meerut followed by Saharanpur and Shamli where 17 and 10 FIRs have been lodged respectively, a senior police official told PTI on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the validity of a newly enacted law which makes the practice of instant divorce through triple talaq among Muslims a punishable offence entailing imprisonment of up to three years.
The woman was talking to her advocate when her husband offered her a chewing gum which she refused. In a fit of rage, Rashid divorced his wife, uttering 'talaq' three times in the presence of the lawyer.
In his complaint, the woman's father, Ramzan Khan has alleged that his son-in-law, Nafees (26), who works in Mumbai, had given triple talaq to his daughter Sayeeda over the phone on August 6.
I would like to make it clear that the triple talaq (Bill) is only for the benefit of the Muslim community, not for anything else, says Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday the politics of appeasement, which led to the Partition, was the reason for the continuance of the "evil practice" of triple talaq for so long.
"Our elder brother protected us from the evil practice of Triple Talaq" - This is the sentiment echoed by Muslim women in Varanasi, who have sent rakhis to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The woman alleged that she was tortured mentally and physically by in-laws for dowry during her stay there. Then she shifted to her father's house and delivered a boy three months back.
Even as the Parliament gave passage to the Triple Talaq Bill recently, many seem to have not learnt about its provisions. Cases are being reported despite President giving his assent to the legislation aimed at banning the Triple Talaq. This time, a case of Triple Talaq has emerged from New Delhi.
A woman here in Uttar Pradesh has alleged that her nose was chopped off by her in-laws after she refused to withdraw a case of triple talaq. The woman's husband had gave her triple talaq over the phone after which her mother filed a complaint against him, a police official said.
Days after passing of the triple talaq Bill, a man divorced his wife here through triple talaq on WhatsApp from Kuwait. He works as a labourer in Kuwait. After the wife filed a dowry and harassment case against him and his family, the man divorced his wife, police said on Thursday.
An FIR under section 4 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act was lodged against the man at Nebua Naurangia police station following a written complaint by the father of the woman.
The public suit has been filed by the Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema, a religious organisation of Sunni Muslim scholars and clerics in Kerala, which has requested the apex court to strike down the new act as it violate Articles 14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution. The petitioner has also sought an interim stay on the recent law that criminalises triple talaq.
The 31-year-old Jannat Begum Patel has filed a complaint against her husband Imtiyaz Ghulam Patel and his family members for violation of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, said Mumbra Senior Police Inspector Madhukar Kad.
Mathura Senior Superintendent of Police Shalabh Mathur said a case under the new Triple Talaq Act has been registered on the basis of the complaint by the mother of the victim. It was passed by the Lok Sabha on July 25 despite the opposition's demand for its scrutiny by a Standing Committee.
Speaker Surya Narayan Patro adjourned the House till 3 p.m. after the Congress and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) members opposed Sethi's remark and created a ruckus in the House.
Talking about the rights of an individual and customs of the society, Jaitley, who himself is a lawyer, said it is long overdue that the courts re-examine whether the rights of a citizen being deprived on the grounds of personal law violate the constitutional guarantees.
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