more-inThe All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Monday told the Supreme Court that the court had no jurisdiction to hear petition challenging the practices of triple talaq, nikah halala and polygamy. The Muslim body called for judicial restraint as the issues in the petitions before the court fell within the legislative domain. ‘Misconceived pleas’The AIMPLB said the petitions, filed by a plethora of Muslim women against the practices, were misconceived. The government had earlier opposed the AIMPLB stand in court that triple talaq was intended to save the family from delayed justice in conventional courts and to avoid mud-slinging in public. The Board had contended that concern and sympathy for women lay at the core of polygamy.

Source: The Hindu March 27, 2017 18:56 UTC