Triple Talaq Case Verdict

The Lok Sabha has adopted the so- called triple talaq bill, a badly-conceived, poorly-drafted piece of legislation, the very foundation of which is flawed. While the government has claimed it will be of benefit to Muslim women, the voices of Muslim women have not been heard. Muslim women in this specific debate have been left out, caught between th...

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday moved the triple talaq Bill for consideration and passage in the Lok Sabha and said about 100 triple talaq cases had taken place since the Supreme Court struck it down in August this year.

"White men saving brown women from brown men" wrote feminist scholar Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak in her seminal work "Can The Subaltern Speak?" What Spivak wrote in context of the larger colonial narrative, can be tweaked to reflect what's going on with the issue of Triple Talaq in India. It's a case of "Hindu men are saving Muslim women from...

The Trinamool Congress has held its silence for a week now on the landmark Supreme Court judgement ruling instant triple talaq illegal. But now, two senior party leaders have publicly abused 31-year-old Ishrat Jahan, one of five petitioners in the case and forced the Trinamool to act.

Twinkle Khanna's new Instagram post invoked the recent verdict inthe Triple Talaq case and Supreme Court's landmark judgement on Right To Privacy

Mukul Rohatgi may no longer be in the hot seat as the top government lawyer in the country, but is satisfied with his efforts after the verdict in the triple talaq case on Tuesday.

BJP chief Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Supreme Court's ban on the controversial practice of triple talaq is a "historic decision," and praised the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government for effectively presenting the case of Muslim women in the top court.

Bollywood celebrities like Rishi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Dia Mirza and Anupam Kher have lauded Supreme Court's verdict on triple talaq

Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen today reacted to the Supreme Court verdict abolishing triple talaq, saying while it was "definitely not women's freedom" there was need to go beyond by doing away with "1400 yrs old Quranic laws".

The Supreme Court has banned the controversial Islamic practice that allows men to divorce their wives instantly by saying "talaq" three times, saying it is unconstitutional. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government had backed the petitioners in this landmark case. Victims of the practice known as "triple talaq" had approached the Supreme Court t...

Triple talaq, the controversial Muslim divorce law that allows men to leave their wives immediately by uttering "talaq" (divorce) thrice, has been banned by the Supreme Court, which today called it illegal, retrograde and unworthy.

The country's five seniormost Supreme Court judges, all of different faiths, today declared the Muslim practice of "triple talaq" or men getting an instant divorce by uttering "talaq (divorce)" three times, "illegal, sinful and retrograde".

Whether the controversial Islamic practice that allows men to leave their wives immediately by stating "talaq" (divorce) three times should be banned will be decided by five judges of the Supreme Court today at 10:30 am. Triple talaq has so far been legal for Muslims according to the Constitution, but several Muslim women who have bee...

The Supreme Court on Thursday concluded hearing in the triple talaq issue and reserved its verdict even as the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said it has decided to issue an advisory to Qazis to give an option to Muslim women to opt out of instant triple talaq before giving consent for nikaah.

The Lok Sabha has adopted the so- called triple talaq bill, a badly-conceived, poorly-drafted piece of legislation, the very foundation of which is flawed. While the government has claimed it will be of benefit to Muslim women, the voices of Muslim women have not been heard. Muslim women in this specific debate have been left out, caught between th...

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday moved the triple talaq Bill for consideration and passage in the Lok Sabha and said about 100 triple talaq cases had taken place since the Supreme Court struck it down in August this year.

"White men saving brown women from brown men" wrote feminist scholar Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak in her seminal work "Can The Subaltern Speak?" What Spivak wrote in context of the larger colonial narrative, can be tweaked to reflect what's going on with the issue of Triple Talaq in India. It's a case of "Hindu men are saving Muslim women from...

The Trinamool Congress has held its silence for a week now on the landmark Supreme Court judgement ruling instant triple talaq illegal. But now, two senior party leaders have publicly abused 31-year-old Ishrat Jahan, one of five petitioners in the case and forced the Trinamool to act.

Twinkle Khanna's new Instagram post invoked the recent verdict inthe Triple Talaq case and Supreme Court's landmark judgement on Right To Privacy

Mukul Rohatgi may no longer be in the hot seat as the top government lawyer in the country, but is satisfied with his efforts after the verdict in the triple talaq case on Tuesday.

BJP chief Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Supreme Court's ban on the controversial practice of triple talaq is a "historic decision," and praised the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government for effectively presenting the case of Muslim women in the top court.

Bollywood celebrities like Rishi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Dia Mirza and Anupam Kher have lauded Supreme Court's verdict on triple talaq

Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen today reacted to the Supreme Court verdict abolishing triple talaq, saying while it was "definitely not women's freedom" there was need to go beyond by doing away with "1400 yrs old Quranic laws".

The Supreme Court has banned the controversial Islamic practice that allows men to divorce their wives instantly by saying "talaq" three times, saying it is unconstitutional. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government had backed the petitioners in this landmark case. Victims of the practice known as "triple talaq" had approached the Supreme Court t...

Triple talaq, the controversial Muslim divorce law that allows men to leave their wives immediately by uttering "talaq" (divorce) thrice, has been banned by the Supreme Court, which today called it illegal, retrograde and unworthy.

The country's five seniormost Supreme Court judges, all of different faiths, today declared the Muslim practice of "triple talaq" or men getting an instant divorce by uttering "talaq (divorce)" three times, "illegal, sinful and retrograde".

Whether the controversial Islamic practice that allows men to leave their wives immediately by stating "talaq" (divorce) three times should be banned will be decided by five judges of the Supreme Court today at 10:30 am. Triple talaq has so far been legal for Muslims according to the Constitution, but several Muslim women who have bee...

The Supreme Court on Thursday concluded hearing in the triple talaq issue and reserved its verdict even as the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said it has decided to issue an advisory to Qazis to give an option to Muslim women to opt out of instant triple talaq before giving consent for nikaah.