New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear pleas against the Triple Talaq Act and has issued a notice to the Centre regarding the same.
A bench of justices N V Ramana and Ajay Rastogi issued notice to the Centre on a batch of petitions seeking to declare The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019 as "unconstitutional" on grounds that it allegedly violates the provisions of the Constitution.
"We will examine this," the bench told senior advocate Salman Khurshid, who was appearing for one of the petitioners. Khurshid said there were many dimensions, including making the practice a punishable offense and jail term of up to three years, which need to be examined by the top court.
He said the petitioners were concerned about making the practice of triple talaq among Muslims an offense as the Apex Court had already declared it to be null and void.
"If there is no such thing as triple talaq then what are they making an offense," he told the bench and referred to a five-judge Constitution bench verdict which had declared the practice of triple talaq among Muslims as null and void.