Cases Of Triple Talaq Have Surfaced From Chhattisgarh And Uttar Pradesh

Mumbai: New cases of triple talaq have surfaced from Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh despite Parliament passing the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage), Bill, 2019. In Chhattisgarh, a man, under the jurisdiction of Manendragarh police station limits of Koriya district, was arrested for beating up his pregnant wife and giving her triple talaq.

The victim, identified as Uzma Parveen stated, “Since last 5 years I was being mistreated by my in-laws and husband. I was beaten up and my husband gave me triple talaq. When I told him he will have to give me money for our children, he refused, threatened me and threw me out. I am pregnant.”

In Uttar Pradesh, the charred body of a woman was recovered on Monday at her in-law’s place in a village under Bhinga police station limits. Her family claimed that “she was given triple talaq by her husband”. Father of the deceased stated, “My daughter had been given triple talaq by her husband a month ago, over the phone. Later he had said that he is ready to take her in as his wife only after ‘halal’. Now she is dead.”

The issue of triple talaq is definitely real in India. For decades, many Muslim women activists have been engaged in a struggle to change discriminatory family laws. The agenda had been holistic, covering not only one form of talaq but traditions like halal and polygamy and demanding a more comprehensive ‘Gender Just Law’.

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