Triple Talaq : Govt need not legislate, we will bring in reforms : AIMPLB

Zafaryab Jilani, AIMPLB member, said that  while a detailed response would be released only after going through the judgment and the executive body meet, he felt that the government would not be required to bring any legislation against triple talaq.

"So far as the Government is concerned, I don't think that the Government will be required to bring any legislation because that will be again against our fundamental rights,"  Jilani said.

"What will be the consequences of the judgment, how far it will help them or go against them is a point to be concerned only when we go through the judgment," he said.

. "We will try out best to carry on our reform programme throughout the community. And to ensure that this practice of triple divorce in one sitting without any lawful justification may come to an end,"  Jilani said.

The AIMPLB, which has been opposing judicial intervention into Muslim personal law, said it will hold internal deliberations before releasing an official stand to the Supreme Court verdict.

The AIMPLB has called for a meeting  of its executive body on September 10 in Bhopal, where it would hold discussions with its legal committee to decide the next step.

The Board said it will study the court order and take advice from its legal committee.

Meanwhile, the All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board and the All India Shia Personal Law Board  welcomed the Supreme Court judgement,  describing it as a victory of Islam and Muslim women in the country.

"The Supreme Court decision is historic, it is the victory of women in the country. But more than that, it is the victory of Islam," said the president of the All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board Shaista Amber, who has been fighting for the rights of Muslim women.

"We hope that triple talaq will be banned once and for all in times to come," she said, adding it causes immense hardships to Muslim women even though "there is no provision of triple talaq in Islam".

. Amber also asked for a Muslim Marriage Act which should be on the lines of the Hindu Marriage Act, according to Aaj Tak.

“The order means hope. It promises change for the better… We had asked for a Muslim Marriage Act and the apex court has told the Union government to do the same,” Amber was quoted as saying by The Times of India.

"This discriminatory arrangement is made by so-called religious leaders and it has harmed the lives of lakhs of women...the decision has given new hope to Muslim women," she said.

The Supreme Court by a majority verdict today ruled that the practice of divorce through triple talaq among Muslims as "void", "illegal" and "unconstitutional" and held that it is against the basic tenets of the Quran.

The All India Shia Personal Law Board spokesperson Maulana Yasoob Abbas too welcomed the decision, saying it will help end harassment of Muslim women in the name of triple talaq.

"There was no arrangement of triple talaq in the times of Holy Prophet...We want a strong legislation against triple talaq...A law similar to the one against the practice of Sati," he said.