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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