Jaipur: A 25-year-old Muslim woman on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court of India after receiving a divorce notice through speed post.
Afreen Rehman wants the apex court’s intervention against the triple talaq provision
Talaq-e-bidat is a practice by which a Muslim man can divorce his wife by saying ‘talaq’ more than once any time in the duration between his wife’s periods. He can also get divorce instantaneously by repeating the word ‘talaq’ three times, a practice called unilateral triple-talaq.
“I got married in 2014 through a matrimonial portal. After two to three months, my in-laws started mentally harassing me by demanding dowry,” Rehman told reporters.
“Later, they started beating me up and asked me to leave. I came to my maternal home and now I have received speed post announcing divorce. This is completely wrong, unfair and unacceptable. I have filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking its intervention into the matter,” she added.
The All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board president Shaista Ambar has been demanding the abolition of triple talaq, reports The Times of India.
The federal government has set up a high-level committee to review the status of women in India and according to reports has recommended a ban on the practice of oral, unilateral and triple talaq as well as on polygamy.