Bengaluru: An RTI activist has filed Public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the new legislation which criminalizes the practice of triple talaq.
RTI activist and social worker Mohammed Arif Jameel in his PIL stated that that protection of wives can’t be achieved by incarcerating their husbands, TOI reports.
The new legislation has been only introduced for a specific class of people solely based on religious identity which shall cause grave public mischief, if left unchecked, may also lead to a polarisation and disharmony in society.
Mr Jameel stated that Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 gazetted on July 31, 2019 is unconstitutional and has the propensity to deprive Muslim men and women of their fundamental rights enshrined under articles 14, 15, 21 and 25 of the Constitution.
Meanwhile, a division bench headed by Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, has directed the Law ministry and justice to file its objections in PIL within four weeks.
The next hearing is slated for September 11.