Suggesting the Central government to hold a referendum on the issue of triple talaq, All India Muslim Personal Law Board Zafaryab Jilani had recently claimed that 90 per cent Muslim women support the Sharia Law.
On October 7, the Centre had opposed in the Supreme Court the practise of triple talaq, ‘nikah halala’ and polygamy among Muslims and favoured a relook on grounds like gender equality and secularism.
The Ministry of Law and Justice, in its affidavit, referred to constitutional principles like gender equality, secularism, international covenants, religious practises and marital law prevalent in various Islamic countries to drive home the point that the practise of triple talaq and polygamy needed to be adjudicated upon afresh by the apex court.
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