New Delhi, June 9 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to give urgent listing to plea challenging the practice of Talaq-e-Hasan and said it would be listed after vacation.
A Vacation Bench of the apex court, headed by Justice MR Shah and also comprising Justice Aniruddha Bose, refused to give urgent hearing to the plea and said: “List after vacation.”
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, appearing for the petitioner, mentioned the plea and sought an urgent hearing over the matter.
Initially, the Top Court asked the advocate to approach the High Court concerned with his grievances and warned that it may dismissed the plea.
Then the advocate Ashwini Upadhyay urged the Court to list the matter after vacations.
Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay told the Court that the petition has ‘national interest’.
A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking to declare that “Talaq-E-Hasan and all other forms of Unilateral Extra-Judicial Talaq as unconstitutional”.
The petitioner further sought to issue direction to the Centre to frame guideline for Gender Neutral Religion Neutral Uniform Grounds of Divorce & Uniform Procedure of Divorce for all.
“The practice of Talaq-E-Hasan and other forms of unilateral extra- judicial talaq is neither harmonious with the modern principles of human rights and gender equality, nor an integral part of Islamic faith. Many Islamic nations have restricted such practice, while it continues to vex the Indian society in general and Muslim women like the Petitioner in particular, ” the petitioner said.
