Muslim personal law in India form of talaq is not allowed in Islamic law. Some Muslim groups recognize triple talaq (or talaq-i-biddat), stating three talaqs at once and proclaiming instant divorce as valid method of divorce. On 22 August 2017, the Supreme Court of India deemed instant triple talaq unconstitutional. Other Muslim groups follow "talaq-i-hasan", where the husband pronounces three talaqs on three separate instances, each one at least 1 lunar month apart. If the husband changes mind after the first or the second talaq, or cohabits with the wife, the divorce is revoked. In Islam, only husband can pronounce the talaq on his wife,
Application of Islamic law by country Law 59 of 1953 (amended by Law 34 of 1975) is essentially a codified Islamic law. The Code of Personal Status is applied to Muslims by Sharia courts. In Sharia courts, a woman's testimony is worth only half of a man's. The government is declared to be secular in the constitution. However converting a Muslim is a crime. In Yala, Narathiwat, Pattani and Songkhla provinces, Islamic law is allowed for settling family and inheritance issues under a 1946 law. The remaining provinces of Thailand have a civil law system with common law influences. As part of Atatürk's Reforms, sharia was