To deter the practice of triple talaq, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board is all set to introduce a new provision in its model nikahnama in which the man has to commit that he will not give triple talaq a spokesman of the board said.
The development comes at a time when the government is making a strong pitch for the passage of a bill that criminalises triple talaq, a Muslim way of divorce which is still in practice despite the SC striking it down in August last year.
The AIMPLB has maintained that it against the practice of triple talaq, but it has opposed the proposed legislation saying it is an interference in Muslim personal law. The board has, however, faced criticism for failing to bring reforms in personal laws.
“Yes… we are making a provision in the model Islamic marriage contract in which there will be column – ‘I will not give triple talaq’.
Once during nikah (marriage) this column is ticked, one will not be able to give triple talaq,” AIMPLB spokesman Maulana Khalil-ur-Rehman Sajjad Nomani told PTI in Lucknow.
