Halala

A 34-year-old man threw acid on his ex-wife when she refused to do Halala' with his elder brother, prompting authorities to arrest him, police said on Wednesday.

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) moved the Supreme Court on Monday seeking impleadment in petitions challenging constitutional validity of polygamy and "nikah halala" practised among Muslims.

A 21-year-old woman was allegedly given triple talaq, and subsequently raped by a 'tantrik' citing the custom of 'Nikah Halala' when her husband wished to remarry her, the police said here on Thursday.

Close on the heels of the Congress promising to withdraw the Triple Talaq Bill if voted to power, Union Minister Arun Jaitley today accused the opposition party of practisingpolitical opportunism that'sbased on living only for "the next day's headlines".

Criticising Congress for promising to withdraw Triple Talaq Bill, Union Minister Arun Jaitley Friday said that incidents like the Bareilly "Nikah-Halala", which shook conscience of people, ought to be made unconstitutional.

Addressing a parliamentary session held to decide on the Triple Talaq law, Union Minister Smriti Irani today wondered why there was so much opposition to curbing the controversial Islamic practice of instant divorce when the house has enacted similar legislations on dowry and sati in the past.

Triple talaq or instant divorce is just short of becoming a punishable offence after the government cleared an ordinance or executive order on Wednesday to enforce a proposed law that could not be passed in parliament in August. President Ram Nath Kovind signed the ordinance on Wednesday night, a top law ministry functionary said. The goverm...

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to provide free medical treatment and adequate security to a woman attacked with acid in Bulandshahr for refusing to accept 'triple talaq' and undergo 'nikah-halala'.

The woman's father said that her daughter was given triple talaq after she mistakenly increased the volume of the music system which angered her husband.

The Supreme Court Friday agreed to hear on September 17 a plea filed by a petitioner in nikah halala and triple talaq case, seeking protection after facing acid attack yesterday at Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh.

A woman in Uttar Pradesh has alleged that she was forced into nikah halala and marrying her father-in-law, who locked her in a room and raped her. A case has been registered against five people including her husband, the police said on Sunday.

A proposed law to make triple talaq or instant divorce an offence is set to be diluted by the government before it is taken up in the Rajya Sabha tomorrow.

The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre on a fresh plea challenging practices of polygamy and nikah halala among Muslims, as it referred the matter to a constitution bench that has been already asked to hear a batch of similar petitions.

The police have booked a man on rape charges after he forced his daughter-in-law to undergo nikah halala with him so that she could remarry his son.

A day after Congress President Rahul Gandhi sought the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's support for the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday asked him to support the proposed law to prohibit triple talaq and nikah halala.

A 34-year-old man threw acid on his ex-wife when she refused to do Halala' with his elder brother, prompting authorities to arrest him, police said on Wednesday.

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) moved the Supreme Court on Monday seeking impleadment in petitions challenging constitutional validity of polygamy and "nikah halala" practised among Muslims.

A 21-year-old woman was allegedly given triple talaq, and subsequently raped by a 'tantrik' citing the custom of 'Nikah Halala' when her husband wished to remarry her, the police said here on Thursday.

Close on the heels of the Congress promising to withdraw the Triple Talaq Bill if voted to power, Union Minister Arun Jaitley today accused the opposition party of practisingpolitical opportunism that'sbased on living only for "the next day's headlines".

Criticising Congress for promising to withdraw Triple Talaq Bill, Union Minister Arun Jaitley Friday said that incidents like the Bareilly "Nikah-Halala", which shook conscience of people, ought to be made unconstitutional.

Addressing a parliamentary session held to decide on the Triple Talaq law, Union Minister Smriti Irani today wondered why there was so much opposition to curbing the controversial Islamic practice of instant divorce when the house has enacted similar legislations on dowry and sati in the past.

Triple talaq or instant divorce is just short of becoming a punishable offence after the government cleared an ordinance or executive order on Wednesday to enforce a proposed law that could not be passed in parliament in August. President Ram Nath Kovind signed the ordinance on Wednesday night, a top law ministry functionary said. The goverm...

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to provide free medical treatment and adequate security to a woman attacked with acid in Bulandshahr for refusing to accept 'triple talaq' and undergo 'nikah-halala'.

The woman's father said that her daughter was given triple talaq after she mistakenly increased the volume of the music system which angered her husband.

The Supreme Court Friday agreed to hear on September 17 a plea filed by a petitioner in nikah halala and triple talaq case, seeking protection after facing acid attack yesterday at Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh.

A woman in Uttar Pradesh has alleged that she was forced into nikah halala and marrying her father-in-law, who locked her in a room and raped her. A case has been registered against five people including her husband, the police said on Sunday.

A proposed law to make triple talaq or instant divorce an offence is set to be diluted by the government before it is taken up in the Rajya Sabha tomorrow.

The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre on a fresh plea challenging practices of polygamy and nikah halala among Muslims, as it referred the matter to a constitution bench that has been already asked to hear a batch of similar petitions.

The police have booked a man on rape charges after he forced his daughter-in-law to undergo nikah halala with him so that she could remarry his son.

A day after Congress President Rahul Gandhi sought the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's support for the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday asked him to support the proposed law to prohibit triple talaq and nikah halala.