A court in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain has set aside divorce given by a Muslim man to his wife by uttering the word talaq thrice, saying he failed to meet the conditions for ending the marriage.
The woman’s lawyer told media on Saturday that the court agreed with him that the man didn’t follow sharia, the Islamic legal and moral code, while divorcing his wife.
The decision comes at a time when a debate is raging over controversial practices of triple talaq and polygamy among the Muslim community.
The Supreme Court is hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the practice of men divorcing their wives by pronouncing the word talaq, or divorce, thrice. The court will be sitting through its summer break that begins next month to decide the issue.
