Triple Talaq
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Triple talaq a 1400-yr-old practice, can’t be 'unconstitutional': AIMPLB tells SC
India | May 16, 2017, 01:52 PM ISTAppearing for the AIMPLB, Kapil Sibal argued that just like the Hindus’ faith about Lord Ram’s birth at Ayodhya cannot be questioned, triple talaq should also not be questioned
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Polygamy, nikah halala also open for adjudication in future: SC
India | May 16, 2017, 07:48 AM ISTAfter repeatedly announcing that it would not test the validity of any issue other than triple tala, the Supreme Court on Monday clarified that it had not closed the window to scrutiny of two contentious issues: polygamy and nikah halala.
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Confident of NDA candidate’s win in presidential election, says Amit Shah
National | May 15, 2017, 09:59 PM ISTShah further said that the ‘NDA government under PM Narendra Modi’s leadership has taken several initiatives in last three years to bring ‘achhe din’ (good days) and the country is close to it’.
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Centre has to prove triple talaq not essential in Islam: SC
India | May 15, 2017, 09:50 PM ISTAttorney General Mukul Rohatgi said that all the three forms of divorce among the Muslim community – talaq-e-biddat, talaq hasan and talaq ahsan, were "unilateral" and "extra-judicial".
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India TV Samvaad: ‘Triple talaq’ a social evil, not integral to worship, says Law Minister RS Prasad
National | May 15, 2017, 09:57 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s government stands with Muslim women on the triple talaq issue as it is a matter of “gender justice, gender equality, gender dignity,” Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today.
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Will come out with a law if triple talaq struck down: AG to SC
India | May 15, 2017, 01:21 PM ISTThe government today told the Supreme Court that it will come out with a law to regulate marriage and divorce among Muslims if triple talaq is held invalid and unconstitutional by the court.
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Triple talaq ‘worst and most undesirable form’ of ending Muslim marriages: SC
India | May 12, 2017, 03:22 PM IST“Triple talaq is the ‘worst and most undesirable form’ of dissolution of marriage among Muslims,” the five-judge vacation bench of the Supreme Court hearing petitions challenging the constitutional validity of triple talaq for the second day said
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Is triple talaq fundamental to Islam? Five-judge SC bench begins hearing
India | May 11, 2017, 03:47 PM ISTA Supreme Court bench consisting of five judges from five different faiths will start hearing on the constitutional validity of “triple talaq” from today which is also the first day of the Supreme Court’s summer vacation.
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Supreme Court to begin hearing on triple talaq today
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Triple talaq: SC's Constitution bench to commence hearing from tomorrow
India | May 10, 2017, 09:16 PM ISTSupreme Court's five-judge Constitution bench will commence hearing from tomorrow on a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of triple talaq, nikah halala and polygamy practices among Muslims.
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‘Take responsibility for initiating reform on triple talaq’, PM Modi urges Muslim community
National | May 09, 2017, 09:57 PM ISTUrging them to take the lead in initiating reform in this regard, PM Modi said that ‘democracy’s greatest strength is harmony and amity’.
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Muslim marriages are contracts, can’t be overturned by husbands alone: Allahabad HC
India | May 09, 2017, 01:47 PM ISTComing down hard on the controversial issue of triple talaq, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday said that the draconian practice is unlawful as Muslim marriages are contracts that cannot be unilaterally cancelled by the husband alone
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Muslim group in UP's Sambhal district bans 'triple talaq' at one go
National | May 07, 2017, 08:19 PM ISTThe decision was taken in a meeting of the 'Turk' group, which has about 50,000 members living in 50 villages of this Sambhal district.
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Muslim women shouldn’t be deprived of constitutional rights, says Amit Shah
National | May 06, 2017, 10:12 PM ISTShah is on a two-day visit to Marxist-ruled Tripura to strengthen the party base in the state.
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Triple talaq victim attacked by in-laws in UP’s Bareilly
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A woman who became a victim of triple talaq three times in 15 yrs
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UP: Three ex-wives, divorced through triple talaq, get together to stop man’s fourth marriage
India | May 04, 2017, 09:45 AM ISTA man’s plan to marry for the fourth time hit a hurdle after his previous three wives divorced through triple talaq approached police, accusing him of making their obscene MMS and raping a minor.
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RSS body may adopt kids of ‘triple talaq’ victims: Report
India | May 04, 2017, 08:15 AM ISTMuslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM), a body floated by Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), is reportedly mulling over adopting minor children of Muslim women who are victims of “triple talaq”.
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Triple talaq: SC allows Salman Khurshid to assist as amicus curiae
National | May 03, 2017, 03:14 PM ISTThe Supreme Court today allowed senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid to assist it as amicus curiae in hearing a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of ‘triple talaq’, ‘nikah halala’ and polygamy among Muslims.
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No one but Modi and BJP politicising triple talaq issue: Opposition
National | Apr 30, 2017, 08:06 AM ISTCongress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said Modi, BJP and its ideological mentor, the RSS, were trying to use triple talaq for electoral gains.