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Supreme Court Delivers a Historic Verdict, Terms Instant Triple Talaq as Unconstitutional

Picture Courtesy : India.com

Picture Courtesy : India.com

A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court by 3:2 majority in a historic decision struck down triple talaq, or instant divorce, practice as unconstitutional.

According to Times of India news report, Chief Justice J S Khehar and justice S Abdul Nazeer held triple talaq to be part of fundamental right to religion of Muslims and said it was not unconstitutional.

But, Justices Kurian Joseph, R F Nariman and U U Lalit said triple talaq violated the fundamental right of Muslim women as they are subjected to arbitrary irrevocable divorce through this practice.

CJI Khehar and Justice Nazeer, even while holding triple talaq to be valid, ordered a stay on this practice for six months to enable legislature bring a law banning this practice.

They said if a legislation banning triple talaq completely  is placed before Parliament within six months, the stay on the practice would continue till Parliament enacted or rejected the law.

But, justices Joseph, Nariman and Lalit through different reasonings reached the conclusion that triple talaq was unconstitutional.

Triple talaq is legal for Muslims according to the constitution, but several Muslim women who have been divorced, including by Skype and on WhatsApp, had challenged the 1400-year-old practice.

As soon as the SC verdict came in reactions started coming in from the political circles :

First to do was the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who tweeted his reaction on the Supreme Court verdict.

Union Finance and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley too tweeted his reaction

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