Centre defends criminalisation of triple talaq before SC

The Centre has opposed a plea filed before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of certain provisions of the 2019 Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, which criminalises pronouncement of triple talaq by Muslim men.

“It was seen that setting aside talaq-e-biddat (triple talaq) by the Supreme Court



has not worked as a sufficient deterrent in bringing down the number of divorces by this practice among certain Muslims. (T)he victims of talaq-e-biddat have no option but to approach the police for redressal of their grievances and the police were helpless as no action could be taken against their husbands in the absence of punitive provisions in the law.