Indian Supreme Court announces historic Triple Talaq verdict
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Indian Supreme Court five-member bench announced the Triple Talaq verdict on spot as unconstitutional with 3-2 majority in the cases filed by five victim Muslim women and two rights groups against the triple talaq custom, which now has been declared “un-Islamic” by the court. The parties have concluded their arguments in May.
The five judges belong to major faiths, including Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism and Zoroastrianism.
In India, several cases emerged in which men have parted ways with their wives by saying a word talaq three times using letter, telephone and, now a days WhatsApp and Skype.
Ruling on the cases, the majority of the bench is of view that triple talaq “is not integral to religious practice and violates constitutional morality”.
