Triple talaq row: AIPLMB submits affidavit to Supreme Court, i...

Muslims resorting to triple talaq will face "social boycott" and an advisory will be issued to the qazis (judge of a Sharia court) that they should tell the grooms that they will not resort to such a form of divorce, a prominent Muslim body told the Supreme ...

The affidavit would be perused by a five-judge Constitution bench headed by chief justice JS Khehar which reserved its verdict on the issue of triple talaq last week.

Popular lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar has lent his support for ending triple talaq, saying the instant divorce practice should be legally banned and declared a "cognizable offence". Akhtar tweeted on Tuesday: "AIMPLB (All India Muslim Personal Law Board) ...

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Hours after the All Indian Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that it would advise the Qazis to tell the brides and grooms to not resort to triple talaq in one sitting, AIMPLB member Zafaryab Jilani on Monday ...

With Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu stating that the government may have to step in and enact a law to ban Triple Talaq if the Muslim community fails to change the practice, Qazi Dr. Hina Zaheer on Sunday asserted that she stands by Naidu?s opinion and ...

A day after the controversial Maulana Noor-ur Rehman Barkati was removed as Imam of Tipu Sultan Mosque, another leading Muslim cleric on Thursday said he should accept the termination and leave the post."Any Imam who makes anti-national comments should be ...

Hinting towards the difference in his and All India Muslim Personal Law Board's (AIMPLB) opinion, amicus curiae in the triple talaq matter Salman Khurshid suggested that the court should harmonise different views so that becomes one acceptable view available for the courts in the country."I have suggested that this harmonising effort has to be undertaken. The personal law board has said that the harmonising effect cannot be done by court and should not be done by court. They have suggested ...

With the hearing in the Supreme Court on the controversial practice of Triple Talaq is underway, The All India Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Thursday refrained itself from commenting on the issue. "The arguments are going on in the SC and whatever cases are ...