Supreme Court sets aside instant triple talaq in split verdict

Judgment on triple talaq is historic, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declared that the centuries-old practice of instant triple talaq among the Muslim community was unconstitutional.

The five-judge Constitution bench presided over by Chief Justice J S Khehar delivered a split verdict 3:2 in three separate judgments. The order seeks to overturn the conventional belief that it is the community itself, not Parliament or courts, which should reform religious or personal law.

The majority judges ruled that the divorce allowed for a Muslim man by pronouncing talaq (talaq-e-biddat) thrice violated the Constitutional provisions. In two separate judgments, they reviewed earlier laws and high court judgments to