Polygamy is the practice of having more than one married spouse wife or husband. The issue is governed both by personal laws and the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
CM Sarma on Tuesday said that during the said crackdown, it was found by the authorities that many aged men got married ‘multiple times’, and often minor girls were involved.
Under Talaq-e-Hasan, a divorce gets formalised after the third utterance of the word 'talaq' in the third month if cohabitation has not resumed during this period.
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala, which was hearing a batch of eight pleas challenging extrajudicial divorce, including one filed by Ghaziabad resident Benazeer Heena, however, said it will not go into individual matrimonial disputes
Under Talaq-e-Hasan, a divorce gets formalised after the third utterance of the word talaq in the third month if cohabitation has not resumed during this period.