Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – September 08, 2022 [Mock Test]
September 8, 2022 September 8, 2022
1. Consider the following statements:
- Talaq-e-Hasan, and Talaq-e-Ahsan are revocable while Talaq-e-Biddat is irrevocable.
- In India, Talaq-e-Hasan, Talaq-e-Biddat, Talaq-e-Ahsan are all banned under ‘The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019’.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct Answer: A [Only 1 ]
Notes:- Talaq-e-Hasan is an extra-judicial form of divorce prescribed in Islam that only men can practice. It is a revocable form of divorce under Muslim personal laws. It is essential that this form of divorce is pronounced when the wife is not menstruating and there has to be a gap of one month between the three pronouncements. However, if co-habitation occurs after the first or second utterance, parties are assumed to have reconciled and the first or second utterance becomes null and void.
- Triple Talaq is known as Talaq-e-Biddat and is the most controversial divorce practice among a few sects of Muslims. In this, talaq is uttered thrice consecutively and the marriage is invalid instantly.
- Talaq-e-Ahsan is another form of divorce by the husband. Here, a husband asks for talaq once, and after 90 days or three menstrual cycles, a woman can marry another man. Although, divorce can be withdrawn if the couple resumes their marital relations within these three months.
2. In which of the following countries Talaq-e-Biddat is legal?
- Egypt
- Syria
- Jordan
- India
- Malaysia
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 1, 2 & 4
[B] Only 3, 4 & 5
[C] 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: D [None of the above]
Notes:- Triple talaq has been banned in many Muslim countries, including Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq and Malaysia.
- Both Talaq-e-Hasan and Talaq-e-Ahsan enjoy legal validity in almost all Muslim countries.
3. With respect to Islam, terms, ‘khula’, ‘illa’, ‘mubaraat’ pertain to which of the following?
[A] Types of marriages
[B] Types of divorce
[C] Types of festivals
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: B [Types of divorce]
Notes:- Section 2 of the Shariat Act statutorily recognised the personal law and dissolution of marriages without the intervention of court through ‘talaq,’ ‘illa,’ ‘zihar,’ ‘lian,’ ‘khula’, ‘mubaraat’ etc.
- Khula and Mubaraat are two other types of divorce prevalent among Muslim women. Mubaraat is a conventional divorce with mutual consent, while Khula is at the instant on the wife’s will.
- In April 2021, the Kerala High Court held Khula valid. The court overruled a 49-year-old verdict in K.C. Moyin vs Nafeesa and Others (1972) that barred Muslim women from dissolving their marriage through non-judicial modes.
- Illa is when a husband takes an oath not to have sexual intercourse with his wife. After the expiry of four months of such abstinence, a marriage is dissolved according to Hanafi law.
- Judicial divorce in Islam consists of – Lian and Lian is when the husband put charges of adultery on the wife, and later the charges are proved false, the wife is entitled to sue and ask for a divorce.
