<span style="color: #222222;">The Supreme Court today agreed to examine the validity of a newly enacted law which makes the practice of instant divorce through triple talaq among Muslims a punishable offence entailing imprisonment of up to three years.<br />'' <br />'' A bench of justices N V Ramana and Ajay Rastogi issued notice the Centre on a batch of petitions which has sought to declare The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019 as &quot;unconstitutional&quot; on grounds that it allegedly violates the provisions of the Constitution.<br />'' <br />''<br />''Senior advocate Salman Khurshid, who was appearing for one of the petitioners told the bench that there were many dimensions, including making the practice a punishable offence and jail term of up to three years, which was required to be examined by the top court.&nbsp;</span><br />
News On AIR | August 23, 2019 12:57 PM
SC agrees to examine validity of law on Triple Talaq