The NDA government’s self-appointed posture of legislating to criminalise triple talaq clearly shows less-than-honourable motives. It doesn’t behove a government to act in such a manner.
The primary purpose of criminal law is ‘prevention’ of an act; if non-criminal means can succeed in preventing this act, criminal law need not be used.
ThePrint asks:
Is criminalising triple talaq a legal necessity or a political gambit?
An abolition of the practice of triple talaq was first called for in...
The deeply gendered and political act of rescuing women has been on full display ever since the government launched its campaign to save India’s Muslim women from the terrible practice of triple talaq.
जाने-माने वकील कपिल सिब्बल तीन तलाक अौर अयोध्या में मालिकाना से जुड़े मुकदमों मे वकालत कर चुके हैं, अौर कांग्रेस उनके घातक बयानों की निंदा करने की जगह टालमटोल करती रही है.
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The present system of accepting Triple Talaq (TT) as a valid form of divorce is bad. But criminalizing such a practice is not going to bring in any benefit to the Muslim women. They would abandon the wife without Talaq and live with someone else as some men in all communities do. So whether TT is banned or not, the women have to approach the courts for getting a decent maintenance allowance.
The present system of accepting Triple Talaq (TT) as a valid form of divorce is bad. But criminalizing such a practice is not going to bring in any benefit to the Muslim women. They would abandon the wife without Talaq and live with someone else as some men in all communities do. So whether TT is banned or not, the women have to approach the courts for getting a decent maintenance allowance.