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Man gives 'triple talaq' to wife for attending Modi's rally in UP

Man gives 'triple talaq' to wife for attending Modi's rally in UP

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A woman in Bareily, Uttar Pradesh has alleged that her husband gave her triple talaq after she went to attend a rally of Prime Minister Modi. She said that she went to thank PM Modi for bringing in legislation to ban instant triple talaq

A woman in Bareily, Uttar Pradesh has alleged that her husband gave her 'triple talaq'after she went to attend prime minister Modi's rally.

The woman said that she went to thank PM Modi for bringing in legislation to ban instant triple talaq buther husband claimed that he divorced her because of her extramarital affair.

The woman said that her husband had an affair with his aunt and he kept telling her that he will divorce her.

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"When I came back from the rally he said PM Modicannot do anything to harm him and gave me triple talaq," she said

The husband, on the otherhand, said that the divorce has nothing to do with PM Modi and added that he divorced her because she had an extramarital affair. He also said that he did not like her wearing jeans.

The court had passed a six-month injunction against the Muslim instant divorce law asking Parliament to legislateit and bring in a law.

A five-judge constitution bench, constituting five judges of five faiths - Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism and Zoroastrianism- was split 3:2 as it struck down triple talaq as unconstitutional. Three of the five judges overruled the senior-most judge, the Chief Justice of India JS Khehar.

Justices Kurien Joseph, Rohinton Fali Nariman and Udey Umesh Lalit held that triple talaq is not integral to Islam, is banned in law and lacks approval of the shariat (Islamic religious law).

Chief Justice Khehar and Justice S Abdul Nazir argued stating that while triple talaq may be "sinful", courts could not interfere with an Islamic personal law which enjoyed protection under the fundamental rights of theIndian constitution.

Chief Justice Khehar further used his power under Article 142 and directed the Union of India to form a proper legislature regarding talaq-e-iddat (talaq with a waiting period). The CJIasked Parliament to pass a law to deal with the issue.