Nikah-Halala
Recently, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court decided to hear a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the practice of Nikah Halala allowed by Muslim personal law.
About the Petition
- Sameena Begum, a Delhi-based victim of instant triple talaq and a fraud marriage approached the Supreme Court in 2018 seeking the annulment of halala marriage and polygamy.
- She requested the court that Section 2 of the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937, be declared arbitrary as it violates-
- Article 14 (right to equality)
- Article 15 (discrimination on ground of religion)
- Article 21 (right to life and dignity)
- She ....
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