Khabar Bureau
NEW DELHI: Even as the issue of triple talaq is being debated in the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court ruled that the marriage performed by a Muslim woman during the ‘iddat’ (waiting) period is not void. 
The court dismissed the claim of a man, accused of domestic violence by his wife, that their wedding was invalid as per the Islamic law, as she had not completed ‘iddat’ after getting a divorce from her first husband.

In Islamic law, a divorced woman has to wait during the ‘iddat’ period for about three months before she can remarry. 
“Any marriage performed by a Muslim woman during the iddat period is an irregular marriage and not a void (batil) marriage. Hence, the contention of the man on this aspect is found to be without any merits,” Special Judge Bhupesh Kumar said while relying on a Supreme Court observation.
The court said there was “sufficient evidence” to issue notice to the Muslim man, who worked with the Coal India Ltd in Chhattisgarh, under the domestic violence act, saying “even depriving aggrieved person economically or financially amounts to domestic violence.”