Will move Supreme Court if ‘triple talaq’ ordinance is passed in Rajya Sabha: AIMPLB  

Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas.

Calling the “triple talaq” ordinance “anti-sharia and anti-Muslim women”, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board said it will move the Supreme Court if the ordinance is passed in Rajya Sabha during the ongoing winter session. The Union Cabinet had passed the ordinance to amend provisions of the Triple Talaq Bill on September 19. It was later signed by the President Ram Nath Kovind.

AIMPLB member Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, while briefing the media in Lucknow, on Sunday, said, “There is a time period for an ordinance to be passed, and if it doesn’t in that time period, it has lapsed. The court said that if the ordinance has lapsed, then nothing will happen. But in case, unfortunately, the bill is passed and accepted, we will challenge it in Supreme Court. This is not just against the sharia, but also against women. Women themselves are saying that the bill is not acceptable to them in this format. We have also made a committee which has been given the responsibility of meeting leaders of secular parties and asking them not to let the ordinance pass in Parliament.”

In August 2017, a five-judge constitution bench had set aside the centuries-old practice of instant triple talaq or talaq-e-biddat, is a form of an instant divorce which has been used by Muslims in India. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights of Marriage) Ordinance 2018 states that instant triple talaq has been made illegal and void and will attract a jail term of three years for the husband. To prevent any misuse of the law, the government had also included certain safeguards, such as a provision of bail for the accused before trial.

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