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Centre informed a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court (SC) that it considered all forms of Muslim divorce unilateral, extrajudicial, unequal. Centre enact a new divorce law for Muslim men, if the SC struck down existing practices.
All three forms of triple talaq
- talaq-e-biddat,
- talaq hasan
- talaq ahasan
Personal Law vs Constitution
All personal laws are also laws governed by Article 13 of the Constitution, which makes it clear that no law can be valid if it violates Fundamental Rights. Violating Fundamental Rights of gender equality, gender justice, gender discrimination, human rights, and dignity under Articles 14, 15, 21 and 51A of the Constitution.
Global Practice
- Pakistan : Muslim Family Law Ordinance 1961 made triple talaq an illegal act.
- Egypt : Through a 1929 law Egypt made the practice of divorce cumbersome.
- Turkey : Banned the practice in 1926 and adopted a more progressive code of marriage.
- Tunisia : Under 1956 law divorce is not valid out side a court of law.
Source : The Hindu
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