New Delhi: In a landmark and a far-reaching order empowering millions of Muslim women, the Supreme Court this morning struck down the controversial Islamic divorce practice of instant triple talaq, saying it was arbitrary and against the tenets of Islam. “It is illegal, unworthy and retrograde and is not integral to religious practice and violates Constitutional morality,” the SC ruled.
In the historic decision, a five-judge multi-religious Constitution Bench banned triple talaq by 3:2 majority. The Bench is headed by Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar. Now that the Supreme Court has come out with its verdict on triple talaq, the Law Commission is expected to quickly wrap its Uniform Civil Code report and submit it to the Union Government in a month or two.
