SC verdict on Triple Talaq today

The Supreme Court would on Tuesday deliver its judgement on constitutional validity of the practice of ‘triple talaq’ challenged by a group of Muslim women for being violative of their fundamental right.

A five-judge bench presided over by Chief Justice J S Khehar had on May 18 reserved its judgement after wrapping up six-day long hearing on the batch of petitions.

The bench, that also comprised Justices Kurian Joseph, R F Nariman, U U Lalit and S Abdul Nazeer, had asked the government as to why it did not bring in law to ban it.

The AIMPLB, which opposed the court’s intervention, had conceded that it does not want the practice to continue and would issue an advisory to exclude it in the ‘Nikahnama’.

The board had earlier admitted the practice was “sinful and undesirable” but defended it saying that it has continued for 1400 years. The Union government had supported the women-petitioner saying the practice of triple talaq has to be tested.