The Chief Justice of India Dr. DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha on Friday said that it will set up a 5-judge bench to hear pleas challenging the constitutional validity of "polygamy" and "nikah halala" practice among Muslims.

The bench took note of the submissions of lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, who has filed one of the PILs on the issue.

On August 30, last year, a five-judge bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee, Hemant Gupta, Surya Kant, M M Sundresh and Sudhanshu Dhulia had made the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), National Commission for Women (NCW) and the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) parties in the PILs and sought their responses.

Now, Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Hemant Gupta have retired last year, giving rise to the need for re-constitution of the bench to hear as many as eight petitions against the practices of polygamy and 'nikah halala'.