Hindustan Times (Patiala)

Woman rejects triple talaq

- Mukesh Mathrani htraj@hindustant­imes.com

BARMER : A man said talaq three times in a market to divorce his wife in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, but the woman, refusing to accept it, lodged a complaint with the superinten­dent of police. The incident happened at a time a five-judge Constituti­on bench of the Supreme Court is examining triple talaq, a Shariat (Islamic) law practice that allows men to end a marriage by uttering the word talaq to their wives three times in succession.

The multi-faith bench, led by chief justice JS Khehar, last week reserved its verdict on a clutch of petitions by Muslim women seeking scrapping of the provision, which they say is against gender justice. The central government has backed the petitioner­s. On the basis of the woman’s complaint, Barmer SP Gagandeep Singla directed the mahila thana (women police station) to register a case under section 498(A) (husband or relative of a husband subjecting a woman to cruelty) of the IPC (Indian Penal Code).

“The victim met me on Thursday and lodged a complaint. I have directed the mahila thana to register the case under section 498 (A) of IPC,” said Singla. In her complaint, the woman of Hamirpura in Barmer city said she married Firoj Khan of Ren Basera area 16 years ago, and they have a 14-year-old son.

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