- Triple Talaq means a husband saying Talaq three times in one sitting and instantly divorcing and breaking off all the marital relations with immediate effect without any recourse to arbitration or reconciliation with the help of relatives, friends and Sharia courts.
- This type of Divorce without gap between is considered not approved in Islam as well.
- Hence, if there is gap for the arbitration / reconciliation with the help of relatives ec, then it will not come under the obligation of triple talaq, but there should be witness for the same .
- As per law, now practice of Triple Talaq is an offence punishable with imprisonment up to three years and fine,hence you are not advised to pronounce Talaq to her , otherwise you will have to face consequences.
- Since you dont want to accompany with her , then send her thrice notices with a gap of at-least one month , and mention the reason for Talaq with two witnesses.
- Under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986, the wife has to be paid maintenance in the iddat period and mehr has to be returned.
- Further , as per Supreme Court, a Muslim husband’s liability is not limited to iddat period:
- Hence even after divorce /Talaq , she can claim her maintenance from you.
- Repeated attempts by wife to commit suicide amounts to extreme cruelty and divorce granted. Supreme Court decision in Narendra v. K. Meena, (2016) 9 SCC 455
- You should give information Application/Complaint to the SHO of your area police station, after narrating that you are facing hardship as your wife is having suicidal tendencies and further you should not be held responsible in case such a thing happens.
- Further , if you want to give Talaq her , then why you want to file a case of restitution of conjugal rights . and further section 9 comes under Hindu marriage Act.
- I am a practitioner in Delhi .