Triple talaq in India Congress supported the Bill tabled in the Lok Sabha by law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. 19 amendments were moved in the Lok Sabha but all were rejected. Triple talaq in India Triple Talaq, also known as "talaq-e-biddat", instant divorce and "talaq-e-mughallazah" (irrevocable divorce), is a form of Islamic divorce which has been used by Muslims in India, especially adherents of Hanafi Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence. It allows any Muslim man to legally divorce his wife by stating the word "talaq" (the Arabic word for "divorce") three times in oral, written, or more recently, electronic form. The use and status
Triple talaq in India Parsi, UU Lalit a Hindu and Abdul Nazeer a Muslim. The Supreme Court has to examine whether Triple talaq has the protection of the constitution—if this practice is safeguarded by Article 25(1) in the constitution that guarantees all the fundamental right to “profess, practice and propagate religion”. The Court wants to establish whether or not Triple talaq is an essential feature of Islamic belief and practice. In a 397-page ruling, though two judges upheld validity of Instant triple talaq ("talaq-e-biddat"), the three other judges held that it was unconstitutional, thus barring the practice by 3–2 majority. One judge argued that