New Delhi, Dec. 2 -- The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea challenging practices of polygamy and "nikah halala", the process for a woman who wants to remarry her divorced husband, among the Muslim community after its winter break.

A bench, headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and Surya Kant, declined to list the matter for urgent hearing, but agreed to examine the plea in January 2020 after the winter break.

Advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay mentioned the plea seeking directions declaring polygamy and nikah halala as unconstitutional and illegal. Querying the petitioners on the urgency to list the matter, Chief Justice Bobde said: "What is the urgency in the matter... aren't these re...