Navi Mumbai:
A lady has accused her husband and in-laws of harassment over dowry calls for and being divorced by way of triple talaq on a video name. A case has been filed beneath the Muslim Ladies (Safety of Marriage Rights) Invoice and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Mumbai police have registered a case in opposition to a person working in the UK (UK) and his mother and father for allegedly harassing his spouse over dowry and divorcing her by means of triple talaq on a video name.
The sufferer, a resident of Seawoods, filed the criticism with NRI Sagar Police, resulting in expenses beneath varied sections of the Muslim Ladies (Safety of Marriage Rights) Invoice and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Chatting with ANI, the sufferer alleges that her marriage to Aaqib Bhatiwala in 2022, performed as per Muslim customs, initially appeared peaceable. Nonetheless, after shifting into her in-laws’ residence in Wadala, the harassment started. Issues worsened when she travelled to the UK along with her husband and in-laws, the place the abuse reportedly continued.
The sufferer claimed that following a home dispute, her husband confiscated her jewellery and despatched her again to India, slicing off communication. Subsequently, she acquired a divorce by means of triple talaq throughout a video name. Even after returning to the UK, the sufferer claims she was denied entry to her husband’s house.
Primarily based on her criticism, authorities have initiated an investigation into the matter. Triple Talaq is the method of divorce beneath Islamic legislation the place a husband may divorce his spouse by announcing ‘Talaq’ 3 times.
In August 2017, a 5 Choose SC bench held that the observe of Talaq-e-biddat or Triple Talaq was ‘manifestly arbitrary’ and unconstitutional. In 2019, Parliament enacted the Muslim Ladies (Safety of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 which made the observe of talaq-e-biddat a felony act, punishable with as much as three years’ imprisonment.
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