Haryana: Woman gives triple talaq to husband, elopes with lover
Amid the controversy over triple talaq, a woman in Yamunanagar district of Haryana turned the tables on her husband, using the contentious practice to "divorce" him. Shazia, a mother of three, divorced her husband, Abbas, by writing, "Talaq talaq talaq," on a piece of paper. The woman, a resident of Unhedi village, then eloped with her lover, who also happens to be her nephew.
'Nobody else is responsible for this,' Shazia wrote in letter
Shazia, in a letter to her husband, said, "I am divorcing you out of my own free will. I am leaving this house because you tortured me ever since we got married. You would beat me after getting drunk. Hence, I am taking talaq." She added that she was not doing it under anybody's influence. She eloped with her nephew, who is a bachelor.
SC last year had ruled 'triple talaq' as 'unconstitutional'
In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court last year had ruled that the practice of divorce through triple talaq among Muslims as "void", "illegal", and "unconstitutional". The government later brought a bill that criminalizes instant triple talaq, which was passed by the Lok Sabha. But an amended version of the bill is yet to taken up by the Rajya Sabha.
