'Other talaq practices also challenge gender justice'

A day after the Supr]eme Court struck down instant triple talaq, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said the two other divorce practices in the Muslim community were also a challenge for gender justice and equality.

“Greater clarity today. Only instant triple talaq is illegal. Other two kinds are also a challenge to gender justice and gender quality,” the former home minister said in a tweet.

The Congress on Tuesday had welcomed the quashing of instant triple talaq by the Supreme Court saying the practice was not sanctioned by the Quran or the Hadith.

The Congress had pointed out that the apex court had refrained from interfering in the practice of ‘talaq-e-ahsan’ and ‘talaq-e-hasan’ which find a mention in the Islamic religious texts.

 The Congress leader said ‘triple talaq’ was a distortion of original Quranic legal principles and it was good that it has been declared unconstitutional by the apex court.

“Majority judgement is a resounding affirmation of gender justice and of equality of spouses,” he had said in another tweet.

DH News Service