shayara bano

In 1985, Shah Bano, a 62-year-old Muslim mother of five from Indore, who was divorced by her husband, had won the right to alimony in the SC. But the then Congress govt of Rajiv Gandhi, under pressure of Islamic orthodoxy, passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986, which diluted the SC judgement, and denied even destitute Muslim divorcees the right to alimony.

shayara bano’s petition against triple talaq, which led to the Supreme Court to declare it unconstitutional, brought hope to Muslim women across the country, but there has not been much of a change in Shayara’s life.

Following the apex court’s decision in shayara bano case, the Allahabad high court on Thursday declared that a decree of divorce passed by the family court on the basis of Talaq-e-Biddat i.e; triple talaq is illegal.

Bano, a resident of Kashipur in Udham Singh Nagar district had shot to fame after she moved the Supreme Court in 2016 challenging the practice of triple talaq which allowed Muslim men to divorce their wives by saying ‘talaq' thrice. In August 2017 the SC had termed the practice as unconstitutional.

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has ruled that the Supreme Court's ruling in the shayara bano case, which allowed a civil appeal filed by one Shaik Zareena, will apply retrospectively. Shaik Dariyavali filed a suit before the Principal Junior Civil Judge of Chilakaluripet in Palnadu District for dissolution of his marriage with Zareena, stating that he married her in 1999 and after having three children she left him in 2012 after all efforts for reconciliation through arbiters did not materialise. He pronounced triple talaq on April 8, 2016, and the same was informed to Zareena through a letter. However, Zareena denied her husband's allegations arguing that the triple talaq pronounced by him was illegal and in violation of Muslim laws later she filed an interlocutory application citing the Supreme Court judgement in the shayara bano case. Dariyavali argued that his petition was filed before the judgement of the apex court and would not apply to his case which is in the crossexamination stage. The trial court observed that as the suit was filed before the judgement of the Supreme Court the law that was in effect at the time of filing of suit would apply and allowed for dissolution of

shayara bano, who catapulted into national headlines with her petition in the Supreme Court questioning the legality of triple talaq, in an exclusive conversation with TOI, said that she was forced to go to the apex court against all odds because she could “no longer bear the continuous ordeal.”

Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat welcomed the Supreme Court verdict on Tuesday which put a six-month stay on triple talaq and directed the Parliament to enact a law within the given time period

Karnataka high court allows family courts to handle divorce by mutual consent for Muslim couples, citing legal provisions and cases. A couple's marriage dissolved through Mubarat agreement, challenging the Bengaluru family court's rejection.

The journey of “Muslim women’s rights” from Shah Bano to shayara bano is also significant for the transition of Congress from the Rajiv to the Rahul era.

Exhorting all sections of society to join hands in the fight against novel coronavirus, triple talaq crusader shayara bano in a viral video said that “misbehaving with and attacking policemen and doctors on corona duty is a shameful act and a disgrace to society.”

shayara bano, 38, who was at the forefront of the battle against triple talaq and was one of the main petitioners in the Supreme Court, said she hoped this would bring respite to millions of women facing hard times and "living in misery and silence"

Many, including the prime minister, have welcomed the recent Supreme Court verdict in shayara bano v. Union of India that confirmed that courts would not recognize triple talaq (unilateral irrevocable male repudiation).

The National Commission for Women has supported the call for banning triple talaq following a signature campaign by a Muslim women's rights group.

A division bench of Rajasthan high court on Monday dismissed a PIL challenging triple talaq saying the petitioner had no locus standi in the case.

shayara bano, the 38-year-old woman from Kashipur in Udham Singh Nagar district who has emerged as a prominent face in the battle against triple talaq told TOI that this was “a big step towards eradicating the regressive practice which has humiliated women since centuries.”

Undeterred by strong opposition from influential Islamic bodies to judicial scrutiny of Muslim personal law practices, the Supreme Court on Monday decided to examine the legality of triple talaq by entertaining a Muslim woman’s petition that this mode of divorce be declared unconstitutional as it allowed Muslim men to treat women like “chattel”.

Triple talaq crusader shayara bano claimed to have been assaulted by her estranged husband Rizwan Ahmed in a Kashipur family court on Tuesday. Bano had an altercation with Ahmed when the two arrived in the court for the hearing of a case pertaining to the custody of their 14-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter. Matters came to a head when the altercation turned bitter and Bano slapped Ahmed. She thereafter filed a complaint with Udham Singh Nagar Police alleging assault by him. However, till the time of the filing of this report, no FIR had been registered in the matter yet.

shayara bano, 38, who was at the forefront of the battle against triple talaq and was one of the main petitioners in the Supreme Court, said that her battle is only half won as she is still fighting a case in a family court in Uttarakhand for the custody of her children