Triple whammy-The hindu Editorial with Vocab-September 7, 2016
The egregious practice that many Muslim men employ to divorce their
wives instantaneously and without their consent, merely (just;
only.) by uttering(complete)
the word talaq thrice, was
rendered (cause) legally invalid by the Shamim Ara vs State of UP judgment of 2002 and subsequent (following, ensuing, succeeding, आगामी), orders from various High Courts. But this has not stopped the practice; many Muslim women are unaware of the judgments or have had to accept such pronouncements (announcement, proclamation, declaration) owing to pressure from conservative (against change) sections. Many women have undergone severe trauma (shock(emotional) after being thrown out of their homes. Shayara Bano, one such victim of this arbitrary custom — not to speak of years of domestic violence — has filed a public interest litigation in the Supreme Court seeking a ban on the practice. The conservative All India Muslim Personal Law Board that seeks to wield influence on questions of Muslim personal law has, predictably, found it an occasion to air its regressive views on the issue. In a counter-affidavit, the Board has defended the practice in terms that are shocking even by its own standards. It claims that the custom is a way out to avoid long-running court proceedings (legal action) and that, in the absence of triple talaq, a husband may resort to murdering or burning alive his wife because of the time-consuming legal proceedings that might otherwise be involved. It further claims that “Indian society is patriarchal” (rule or contoral by men), and that “personal laws of all communities are aligned with the patriarchal notion”. It defends the right to grant divorce to the husband alone, “because men have greater power of decision making” and uses a dubious(संदिग्ध) line of argument on gender ratio to justify the practice of polygamy.
rendered (cause) legally invalid by the Shamim Ara vs State of UP judgment of 2002 and subsequent (following, ensuing, succeeding, आगामी), orders from various High Courts. But this has not stopped the practice; many Muslim women are unaware of the judgments or have had to accept such pronouncements (announcement, proclamation, declaration) owing to pressure from conservative (against change) sections. Many women have undergone severe trauma (shock(emotional) after being thrown out of their homes. Shayara Bano, one such victim of this arbitrary custom — not to speak of years of domestic violence — has filed a public interest litigation in the Supreme Court seeking a ban on the practice. The conservative All India Muslim Personal Law Board that seeks to wield influence on questions of Muslim personal law has, predictably, found it an occasion to air its regressive views on the issue. In a counter-affidavit, the Board has defended the practice in terms that are shocking even by its own standards. It claims that the custom is a way out to avoid long-running court proceedings (legal action) and that, in the absence of triple talaq, a husband may resort to murdering or burning alive his wife because of the time-consuming legal proceedings that might otherwise be involved. It further claims that “Indian society is patriarchal” (rule or contoral by men), and that “personal laws of all communities are aligned with the patriarchal notion”. It defends the right to grant divorce to the husband alone, “because men have greater power of decision making” and uses a dubious(संदिग्ध) line of argument on gender ratio to justify the practice of polygamy.
The AIMPLB, a body with no legal status, has long argued that divorce
under Islamic law is undesirable and that triple talaq is a sin; however, it
maintains it is a valid and effective form of laying a marriage asunder(apart). In truth, there is no
sanction for the triple talaq in the Koran, which has laid down elaborate injunctions on divorce, in stark
contrast to the immediate and irrevocable
(Impossible to change) nature of the
triple talaq. This practice has been either explicitly (clear/exact) derecognised in Muslim-majority countries
such as Indonesia, Iran and Tunisia or implicitly in countries such as
Pakistan, which provides for a mandatory arbitration procedure after the
pronouncement of talaq. The Supreme Court must not be swayed (to move slowly side by side) by the arguments put forth by
the AIMPLB, which has held that “personal laws cannot be challenged”.
Considering the clear and elaborately laid-down norms on marriage in the Koran
that grant equal rights to the husband and wife to pursue divorce proceedings and the right to equality guaranteed in
the Indian Constitution, it is high time that the Supreme Court ruled this
practice as illegal.
egregious / adjective formal disapproving -often of mistakes,
extremely bad
arbitrary
- based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any
reason or system.
Synonyms--capricious,
whimsical, random, chance, erratic, unpredictable, inconsistent
litigation - the process of taking legal
action मुकदमेबाज़ी
wield - have and be able to use (power or influence).
Polygamy - the practice or custom of having more than one
wife or husband at the same time / बहुविवाह
All
India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB)
lay sth down (RULES)
— phrasal verb -- to officially
establish a rule, or to officially say how something should be done
pursue - seek to
attain or accomplish (a goal) over a long period
synonyms:
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