Muslim women cannot remain at the mercy of the patriarchal set up: High Court

ALLAHABAD: Fuelling the raging debate over whether constitutional guarantees extend to Muslim women, the Allahabad high court has said that triple talaq or the practice of Muslim men getting an instant divorce by saying “talaq” three times is “cruel”.

In an observation while dismissing a petition on November 5, Justice Suneet Kumar said the view that “the Muslim husband enjoys an arbitrary , unilateral power to inflict instant divorce” does not tie in with Islamic laws.

These observations were made public on Thursday . Kumar said that personal laws of any community cannot claim supremacy over the rights granted to the individuals by the Constitution that provides for equality and non-discrimination.