Triple talaq to invite social boycott: AIMPLB tells SC

Legal Correspondent

New Delhi, May 22

Acknowledging that triple talaq is an undesirable practice in the Shariat, the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board today assured the Supreme Court that men resorting to divorce through this route would be boycotted socially.

“The Muslim community should boycott such persons socially who pronounce three divorces in one go so that such incidents may be minimised,” AIMPLB general secretary Mohammad Wali Rahmani said in an affidavit to the top court. Further, qazis solemnising marriages would prod the couples to include a clause in their ‘nikahnama (wedding agreement)' shunning triple talaq. 

(Follow The Tribune on Facebook; and Twitter @thetribunechd)

The board would issue an advisory through its website, publications and the social media, asking qazis to make it clear to the groom that he would not be allowed to pronounce triple talaq in one sitting. “...The person performing ‘nikah’ will advise the bridegroom that in case of differences leading to talaq, he shall not pronounce three divorces in one sitting since it is an undesirable practice in Shariat.

“That he will advise both the bridegroom and the bride to incorporate a condition in the ‘nikahnama’ to exclude resorting to pronouncement of three divorces by the husband in one sitting,” the board said in the affidavit. 

A five-Judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar had on May 18 reserved its verdict on the validity of triple talaq. While doing so, it allowed the litigants to file written submissions. The Bench will deliver the judgment before Justice Khehar demits office on August 27. The board told the  court it had issued the following guidelines: If there are differences between spouses, they should try to resolve these mutually, keeping in view the provisions in the Shariat that one should overlook the mistakes of others.

If this fails to yield the desired results, there may be a temporary withdrawal.

In case of failure of these two steps, members of both families should try to mediate continued on page

Softening stand

• Muslim board submits affidavit in court, stating divorce in one sitting is undesirable practice in Shariat
• Will issue advisory to qazis on its website and social media

.