Triple Talaq: For every divorced Muslim man, 4 Muslim women divorced

Supreme Court verdict has deep implications for rights of these Muslim women

With the Supreme Court declaring triple talaq as unconstitutional, the stage has been set for the Parliament now to frame laws to regulate this practice among Muslims. One cannot help but recall a Bombay High Court order in a case involving India domiciled Pakistani musician Adnan Sami and his thrice married wife Sabbah in 2010. The Bombay High Court while pronouncing its verdict had quoted a famous judgment of the Delhi High Court of 2007 in the Masroor Ahmed vs State of Delhi case.

The Delhi High Court’s observation in parts was as follows: Classical Hanafi law, especially as