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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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SC seeks Centre’s response on plea for uniform guidelines on all forms of ‘talaq’

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Centre and other respondents on a petition seeking uniform, mandatory procedural safeguards and guidelines for all modes of 'talaq' under Muslim personal law.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi noted the petitioner's counsel's submission challenging the constitutional validity of 'Talaq-e-Hasan'—a practice where a husband can dissolve a marriage by pronouncing 'talaq' once per month across three consecutive months.

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