Ria does not support Triple Talaq Law

Ria does not support Triple Talaq Law
Ria does not support Triple Talaq Law

Tia : Hi Ria, Do you know Muslim women are demanding equality. They want to end the traditional practice of quick divorce by Triple Talaq. Now men will not be able to give swift divorce.

Ria : Stopping Triple Talaq cannot bring about equality, it will just delay the divorce. There is no sense in carrying on with a dead relation. The supreme court had asked the Government to make divorce easy, so government too had proposed Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage Law to make divorce faster. Now if women want equality, they should rather ask rights to give swift divorce. Delaying divorce is nothing but harassment of the person who wants to survive by getting out of an abusive marriage. Only women who don’t want to earn for themselves, but prefer to harass husband by litigations for increase in maintenance & alimony opposes swift divorce. As a self-respecting woman I will never oppose swift divorce instead I feel every person should have right to put an end to a failed marriage and it should happen fast. It doesn’t matter whether it is called Triple Talaq or Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage.

Tia : But then there are instances where divorce was given on video call or other electronic medium.

Ria : I don’t think it is wrong to use electronic medium to ease the divorce procedure. In fact, there are instances where courts have also used a video conference to not just give a divorce but also judgments on criminal matters. Doesn’t make sense how the use technology in divorce should be a problem, unless someone has malacious intentions of trying to delay the process.

Tia : Does that mean you don’t support the proposed law to make Triple Talaq a crime.

Ria : I don’t support move to criminalize swift divorce or Triple Talaq. Any such law is regressive and will be an additional weapon for women to harass men using fake cases. Abuse of section 498a is a classic example where even courts have expressed their displeasure on the wholesale harassment of husband and his family. The government should be working towards easing divorce in dead marriage not creating hurdles or criminalizing it. The government seems to have forgotten that citizens trapped in abusive relation are not the most productive lot in the society, hence such laws will only have a negative impact on the nation.

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