Supreme Court Seeks Responses from Officials on Plea Challenging Talaq-e-Hasan Divorce Practice

The Supreme Court is hearing nine petitions challenging the constitutionality of Talaq-e-Hasan, which allows a muslim man to divorce by pronouncing "talaq" monthly for three months. 

The bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi declined to entertain maintainability and locus standi objections, stating, “there are aggrieved persons before us. 

The practice is argued to violate Articles 14, 15, 21, and 25, and petitioners, including Benazeer Heena, contend that it isn’t an essential religious practice.

The Court has sought responses from the National Human Rights Commission, the National Commission for Women, and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights. The matter is listed for a final hearing on 19th November. 

[Benazeer Heena v UOI And Ors]