The Supreme Court is hearing a cluster of petitions testing the protected legitimacy of polygamy and nikah halala, predominant among Indian Muslims. On Monday (March 26), the seat including Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud alluded the issue to a constitution seat.
The Center, in its past entries under the steady gaze of the pinnacle court has completely expressed that the acts of polygamy, nikah halala and moment triple talaq abuse Muslim ladies’ entitlement to equity and pride and are not ensured by the privilege to declare, rehearse and spread religion under Article 25(1) of the Constitution.
Prior, the summit court while hearing the case relating to the protected legitimacy of moment triple talaq had additionally observed polygamy and nikah halala, however said that these two issues ought to be managed after the moment triple talaq decision bypassing the conflict of previous Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi to decree all the three issues together. According to nikah halala, a lady divorced person, needs to wed another person and consummate this marriage before getting a separation to remarry her prior spouse.
