KOCHI: Right of a Muslim woman to unilaterally divorce her husband outside of court, called khula, is legally valid, the Kerala high court has held. A division bench comprising justices A Muhamed Mustaque and CS Dias equated khula to the right of talaq available to Muslim men and declared a 1972 judgment (KC Moyin Vs.

Is Khula same as divorce?

Talaq (Arabic: الطلاق‎) is the Islamic term for divorce. A talaq is used to end a marriage, or nikah, under the terms of Islamic sharia. ... Khula (Arabic:خلع) is the right of a woman in Islam to divorce and it means separation from her husband.

What is the procedure of Khula?

Khula' means the separation of the wife in return for a payment; the husband takes the payment and lets his wife go, whether this payment is the mahr which he gave to her, or more or less than that.