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A district court judge in Aligarh have divorced his wife pronouncing Triple talaq in one go. The issue has fluttered media as divorcee Afshan Khan has shot off letters to the Chief Justice of India and the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court. Afsha has said in her plea that injustice has been done by a person “who is entrusted with the responsibility to procure justice for all”.
Aligarh’s additional district Judge, 59-year-old Mohd Zaheeruddin Siddiqui, has confirmed the talaq saying “We could not reach a compromise, so according to sharia I gave her divorce,” he told an English daily.
Afsha’s ‘niqah’ with Siddiqui was solemnized on August 16, 2015 at Hotel Palm Tree, Marris Road, Aligarh. “The marriage was attended by all family members including my husband’s sons (from first wife) and others,” Afsha said in the letter. She has further alleged that she was threatened. The judge, according to her, said, “You know my status, I am not an ordinary man, so don’t you dare take any further step or else you, your brother and other family members should be ready for the consequences.”
Letters have not just gone out to CJI H L Dattu and CJ of Allahabad High Court Mateen Ahmad, but also to the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad HC and district judge, Aligarh.
All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) had said that there was no scope of change in the ‘triple talaq’ system. It had also rejected the suggestion by some Muslim outfits to build a consensus on making a three-month ‘notice period’ mandatory before finalisation of divorce.
“Though as per Quran and Hadith, ‘tripletalaq’ is a crime, but once uttered the process would be considered complete and cannot be changed,” AIMPLB spokesman Maulana Abdul Raheem Qureshi had said then.