Finally, the Bill relating to Muslim women for protection of their rights on marriage has come into the public domain. Section 3 of the Bill states that “talaq-e-biddat” shall be ‘void’ and ‘illegal’. This is followed by consequence of such void action in terms of Section 4 thereof, stating, whoever pronounces talaq-e-biddatshall be punished with […]
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Triple Talaq Judgment: A Majority Verdict Without The Support Of Reasons Of Majority Judges – Published in LiveLaw
The majority view of the five-judge bench of the Supreme Court is that triple talaq, pronounced in one sitting coming into effect instantaneously, is “set aside”. Out of these three judges, two (Justice Rohinton F. Nariman and Justice Uday U. Lalit) also held that this form of talaq was violative of fundamental right mentioned in Article 14, […]
Triple talaq verdict: Five key questions answered by two lawyers – Published in The Indian Express
The Indian Express spoke to two lawyers, M R Shamshad and Anas Tanwir, on Tuesday’s triple talaq verdict. Shamshad is Advocate-on-Record in the Supreme Court of India. He appeared for the AIMPLB and assisted Kapil Sibal during the hearing of the triple talaq case. Tanwir practises in the Supreme Court of India. He is interested in Muslim […]
Why India’s decision to ban triple talaq can’t be guided by laws in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan – Published in DailyO
A Constitution bench of the Supreme Court concluded its hearing on the issue of whether or not triple talaq in one sitting is valid. This was probably the first time when the Supreme Court took the initiative to examine the issue pertaining to personal laws. The central government and its allies heavily relied upon the […]
A Choice Between Faith and Equality – Published in The Statesman
The Supreme Court’s five judges are to hear and take a view as to whether talaq pronounced three times in one sitting and its coming into effect immediately is valid or not. The main proponent in favour of its validity are followers of the Hanafi School of thought who form a substantive majority of the […]
Where Are We On Basic Education? – Published in Millennium Post
Pathetic state of basic education in public funded schools would create very deep disparities, leading to an irreparable imbalance in future generations. We realised very late (in 2002) that the right to education for all children from age of six to fourteen years will have to be made a Fundamental Right and accordingly, by the […]
Appeal To Voters In The Name Of Identity Politics – Published in LiveLaw
In a recently concluded hearing before the Seven Judges Bench of the Supreme Court, Mr Kapil Sibal raised the very fundamental issue in relation to the changed electoral politics in India stating that the very purpose of all the laws regulating corrupt practices in an election is to protect the ‘underlying/enduring constitutional ethos’ and for […]
Understanding an Affidavit – Published in the Statesman
Recently the Muslim Personal Law Board had to file an affidavit running into 68 pages in a proceeding initiated by the Supreme Court on its own motion. On the basis of a few selected lines of the bulky affidavit, the electronic and print media trivialised the stand taken by the Board. The concerted and coordinated […]
Food Adulteration Laws in India and Government’s Response – Published in LiveLaw
In the year 1954, the Central Government consolidated legal provisions by way of comprehensive legislation (the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954) to curb food adulteration and repealed all the laws in relation thereto in force on that date. The penalties for the offences in 1954 Act were set out and from time to time, […]
Issues For The Court To Settle – Published in the Statesman
The appeal of the Vice-President of India to the Supreme Court to clarify the contours within which the principles of secularism and composite culture should operate has taken many people by surprise. But this issue has been talked about earlier also. Intellectuals, activists and even religious heads have spoken on this repeatedly. However, the Vice […]