New Delhi:Prominent citizens and activists like Aruna Roy and Teesta Setalvad on Sunday criticised the law against triple talaq, claiming it is fundamentally anti-minority, anti-women and anti-constitutional. They also said that the law seeks to disparage the Muslim community.
Their remarks came on a day the government and several organisations observed 'Muslim Women's Rights Day' to mark the enactment of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019.
The law is fundamentally anti-minority, anti-women, anti-constitutional, and seeks only to disparage the Muslim community," a statement jointly issued by over 660 citizens, including Muslim and non-Muslim women, women rights activists, human rights activists, academicians and students, said.
Calling the law an "abomination", the statement said it was then, and still is, nothing but a charade. "Because no such law was needed to protect Muslim women, or secure their rights since the Supreme Court had already struck the Triple Talaq down," it said.