The strange Talaq rule
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21 Apr
2006 |
I know many would say keep your nose out of things you don’t know, this strange talaq condition
received an applaudable judgement from the Supreme Court. I have no issue with different communities having their own personal law boards — as long as the communities agree to it — but when we live in a democratic, secular country, there should be a bigger (Supreme Court, for instance) law and order inforcement agency to prevent these law boards from turning into tribal courts. The intellectuals from the community are already protesting against the verdict and calling it “interfaring” regarding the personal law board, the same proponents of these law boards scream equality and democracy when things are not in their favor, and turn exclusivist when things are in their favor. Here we call it doglapan (dualism).
Update: It just came to my mind, doesn’t the tripple-talaq thing stretch over a period of 3 months? According to the Shariat — in case the Muslim scholars are aware of it — in every talaq pronunciation there must be a gap of 1 month and I wonder why so conveniently they side-step such a big point. Why isn’t there a fatwa against a person who divorces his wife by saying ‘talaq’ in one go?
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April 29th, 2006 at 12:09 pm
Hi! I am a student of Law and I did have Uniform Civil Code in portion for my 2nd semester. It is not only the wierd ‘talaq’ laws but also other laws such as marriage acts, divorce acts, adoption acts and succession acts which are gender biased by every religion. The Honourable Supreme Court has asked for the formulation of a UCC for a long time now but all in vain. I think it is time we realise that the laws of the country are for its citizens & not only for the MLA’s & MP’s to decide. A general motion and movement against this prohibition of UCC will certainly help India reach better places than it is in today.