The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to respond to a plea for protection by a woman whose relative threw acid at her. The attack happened in Bulandshahr district of the State on September 13. She is a petitioner challenging personal law practices such as nikah halala in the SC.
A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra issued notice to the State through Additional Advocate-General Aishwarya Bhati and listed the case for hearing on September 17.
The victim, who identified herself as Rani, aka Sabnam, was attacked by her brother-in-law. She is under medical care.
Numerous petitions have been filed in the apex court challenging the prevalent practices of nikah halala and polygamy among Muslims.
Nikah halala deals with the process in which a Muslim woman who wants to remarry her husband after divorce has to first marry another person and get a divorce from the second person after the consummation.
In her plea, Ms. Rani alleged that her husband divorced her by triple talaq and forced her to perform nikah halala with her brother-in-law.
