SC strikes down instant Triple
Talaq
The Supreme Court banned
on Tuesday a controversial Islamic practice of instant divorce as arbitrary and
unconstitutional, in a landmark verdict for gender justice that will stop
Muslim men calling off a marriage on a whim.
In a split verdict, three of the five all-male judges on the
case said the practice of saying “talaq”, or divorce, three times in one go –
sometimes even over email and WhatsApp – violated women’s right to equality and
was not integral to Islam.
The dissenting note came from Chief Justice of India JS Khehar
and justice S Abdul Nazeer, who argued instant talaq should be suspended and
the government asked to bring a law to regulate the practice within six months.
The majority verdict overrides the minority view.
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