A divorced Muslim woman need not be sent to a court of law for recording the talaq if it is otherwise in order as per the personal law. The officer concerned can record the talaq without insisting on a court order, says the court
The order and observations of the court came on a divorced Muslim woman's plea seeking directions to the Local Registrar of Marriages to record her divorce in the marriage register.
The Kerala High Court has held that a divorced Muslim woman need not be sent to a court of law for recording the talaq if it is otherwise in order as per the personal law.