Mumbai, April 24 -- The Bombay High Court in its order said that under the law, only instant triple talaq - known as Talaq-e-Biddat -- is banned while traditional method of divorce known as Talaq-e-Ahsan is permissible.
The order was passed recently by the Aurngabad bench of the Bombay high court, consisting of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Sanjay Deshmukh, quashed a 2024 FIR (first information report) filed by a woman in Jalgaon against her husband and in-laws under Section 4 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act.
This section criminalises instant triple talaq with punishment of up to three years in jail.
The court clarified that only those forms of Talaq which have an instantaneous and irrevocable effect fall under...