The Supreme Court on Wednesday flagged certain issues in the practice of 'Talaq-e-Hasan', a form of divorce in Islamic law, and raised concerns over the practice of husbands' lawyers sending Talaq notices to wives. This enabled the husbands to later deny issuing Talaq and accuse wives of polyandry when they remarry, the Court observed.

The Court sought for inputs from the parties on the possibility of judicial interference.

Talaq-e-Hasan is a form of divorce in Islamic law where the husband pronounces talaq once a month over a period of three months. It is considered a revocable and staggered form of divorce, unlike instantaneous triple talaq (talaq-e-biddat, which was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2017).

Hearing pleas challenging Talaq-e-Hasan, the Court today e

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