What is the effect of a Muslim husband’s pronouncement of talaq-e-biddat under the Muslim Women…
Sections 2(c) and 3 cover talaq-e-biddat and similar pronouncements that purport to cause instantaneous and irrevocable divorce. A covered pronouncement is void and illegal.
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What is the effect of a Muslim husband’s pronouncement of talaq-e-biddat under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019?
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Correct answer A
Sections 2(c) and 3 cover talaq-e-biddat and similar pronouncements that purport to cause instantaneous and irrevocable divorce. A covered pronouncement is void and illegal.
Option feedback
Option A
Section 3 expressly makes the covered pronouncement void and illegal.
Option B
A covered pronouncement has no legal effect as a dissolution.
Option C
Waiting does not make the void pronouncement effective.
Option D
The statute supplies no registration mechanism for making it effective.
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