Although the triple talaq bill was passed by the Lok Sabha, it was previously passed by the Supreme Court. Let’s take a look at the number of triple talaq cases that were registered after the Supreme Court’s judgment.
There have been 100 cases of instant triple talaq in the country since the Supreme Court judgment terming the practice as unconstitutional, said the minister of law and justice Ravi Shankar Prasad in Lok Sabha.
On August 22, a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court had termed the practice of instant triple talaq as unconstitutional with a 3-2 majority.
Here is a look at some of the cases of alleged instant triple talaq reported since the Supreme Court’s judgment.
On December 28, a resident of Rampur’s Azimnagar said she was given triple talaq for waking up late in the morning.
On December 27, Ghousia Begum, 31, a resident of Hyderabad’s Old City was given triple talaq over the phone by her husband Zahran Hamed Al Rajhi, a resident of Nizwan, Oman.
On December 26, a woman from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, had alleged that she was allegedly given triple talaq on phone by her husband. The woman got married at a very young age wanted to continue her studies. The husband objected to her further studies and threw her out of the house and allegedly gave her divorce by triple talaq on phone.
On December 22, a 24-year-old woman from Bulandshahr district of UP was allegedly gang-raped by three persons, including her husband, who also gave her triple talaq within a week of their marriage.
On December 11, a woman has alleged that her husband gave triple talaq to her and then eloped with her sister after her parents failed to fulfill dowry demand.
On December 10, a woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly had alleged that her husband gave her triple talaq after she went to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally. The woman said that she went to thank PM Modi for bringing in legislation to ban instant triple talaq but her husband claimed that he divorced her because of her extramarital affair.
On November 21, a real-estate agent in Hyderabad was booked for allegedly divorcing his wife over the phone by uttering ‘talaq’ thrice.
On November 20, a 27-year-old beautician in Hyderabad was given divorce over the phone just 25 days after marriage.
On November 12, Yasmeen Khalid, the wife of Aligarh Muslim University professor Khalid Bin Yusuf Khan, alleged that her husband divorced her first on WhatsApp and then via a text message. The woman also threatened to commit suicide along with her children in front of AMU’s vice chancellor’s house.
On October 26, an NRI husband divorced his wife through an advertisement in the newspaper. A case was registered by the Hyderabad Police against the qazi who had advised the husband to give triple talaq.
On September 23, a 23-year-old woman and mother of a three-year-old son lodged a complaint with the Rajkot Mahila police station against her husband for giving her triple talaq and throwing her out of the house 18 months ago.
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