May 16,2017: The Supreme Court was informed today that triple talaq is a matter of faith being practiced by Muslims for the last 1,400 years and hence the question of constitutional morality and equity did not arise.
Former Union Law Minister and senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for All India Muslim Personal Law Board, AIMPLB, also equated triple talaq with the Hindu belief that Lord Rama was born at Ayodhya.
Arguing before a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar, Mr Sibal also referred to the fact that the source of triple talaq can be found in Hadith and that it came into being after the time of Prophet Muhammad.
Today is the fourth day of the hearing on a clutch of petitions challenging triple talaq, polygamy and ‘nikah halala’.
(AIR NEWS)
