Apex court gives Centre four weeks to reply on the triple talaq issue
A bench comprising Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justice DY Chandrachud gave time after additional solicitor general Tushar Mehta sought more time to respond, reported NDTV.
Justifying triple Talaq, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Friday said the Supreme Court cannot interfere in religious freedom and "rewrite personal laws in the name of social reform", media reported.
"The validity of triple Talaq cannot be decided by the Supreme Court," the AIMPLB said in a document in connection with the ongoing matter on the triple talaq issue,
The apex court had issued a notice to the central government on the plea of a Muslim woman challenging the constitutional validity of 'triple talaq' to end a marriage.
Triple Talaq has been challenged by some Muslim women, including one Ishrat Jahan, whose husband divorced her on the phone. Jahan has argued that divorce through spoken words violates fundamental rights.
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