Nikah halala petitioner attacked with acid; seeks protection from SC
Supreme Court today agreed to hear on September 17 a plea filed by a petitioner in a nikah halala and triple talaq case, seeking protection after facing acid attack yesterday at Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justices AM Khanwikar, and DY Chandrachud considered the plea of Shabnam Rani, who was attacked allegedly by her brother-in-law and has been hospitalized.
Numerous petitions filed in SC challenging nikah halala
Rani has also sought better health care. SC asked Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, counsel for Shabnam Rani, to submit a copy of the petition to the Center and the Uttar Pradesh government. This is one of the numerous petitions that have been filed in the apex court challenging nikah halala and polygamy among Muslims saying it was violative of fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution.
What is polygamy and nikah halala?
While polygamy allows a Muslim man to have four wives, 'nikah halala' deals with process in which a Muslim woman, who wants to re-marry her husband after divorce, has to first marry another person and get a divorce from the second person after consummation. Rani alleged that her husband divorced giving her triple talaq and forced her to perform nikah halala with her brother-in-law.
