Khabar Bureau
Attorney General MukulRohatgiassured a five-judge Constitution Bench that the Government is ready to bring in a law holding the instant divorce (triple talaq)practice illegalif the court bans the practice.
“If the practice of instant divorce (triple talaq) is struck down by the court, then Centre will bring a law to regulate marriage and divorce among the Muslim community,” Rohatgi saidon the third day of the Supreme Court hearing on the issueon Monday.
He told the Bench that triple talaq violates Muslim women’s right to equality within the community and also within the country.
Earlier, while the Centre insisted deliberations on the issues of nikahhalala and polygamy pending as well,the apex court declined the proposal citing paucity of time and made it clear that it will deal with only the issue of triple talaqfor now. The Bench headed by Justice Khehar was quoted as saying, “It may not be possible to deal with all the three issues in the limited time we have. We will keep them pending for future.”
The observation came after Attorney General (AG) MukulRohatgi said, “The scope of referring had all the three issues that was divorce, nikahhalala, polygamy. All these three issues are before this court by virtue of the reference order of the two- judge Bench.”
The Bench, which began hearing a clutch of petitions on ‘instant triple talaq’ or talaq-e-bidat last week, observed on its first hearing that it will first determine if instant triple talaq is fundamental to Islam while stating that it will not dwell on polygamy and nikahhalala.