J-K HC to hear review plea on Talaaq judgement in Dec

Justice Hasnain Masoodi said he will hear the petition in the first week of December after a retired judge, Bashir Ahmad Kirmani, rose to argue his application seeking review of the judgement.

The former judge had filed an application before the High Court seeking review of the ruling on the grounds that observations made by Justice Masoodi in his 23-page judgement had far reaching consequences.

"The judgement touches upon some very crucial questions of the Family Law applicable to a vast majority of the population of the state and is likely to operate in a wide area, as such, in its given texture requires thorough second look," Justice Kirmani has said in his application.

Kirmani has challenged the observations made by Justice Masoodi in para 26 and 27 of the ruling which pertain to maintenance of wife after divorce and putting the onus on the husband to prove that divorce was resorted to after all options of reconciliation had failed.

Kashmir High Court Bar Association has also filed a similar rehearing petition in the court.