Nikah Halala

Uttarakhand's UCC needed more thought

Upadhyay's plea said the injury caused to the women as practice of triple-talaq, polygamy and nikah-halala is violative of Articles 14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution and injurious to public order

The Supreme Court said that it will set up a five-judge Constitution bench to hear pleas challenging the constitutional validity of polygamy and 'nikah halala' practice among Muslims

Supreme Court agreed to form a constitution bench to conduct proceedings on pleas related to polygamy and nikah-halala

The book is an attempt 'to take the lid off this legalized form of prostitution, encouraged under the garb of faith by men of religion'

The apex court in July 2018 had considered the plea and it referred the matter to a Constitution bench that has been already asked to hear a batch of similar petitions.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the submission that the previous five-judge constitution bench