<p class="title">India's neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are among the countries that banned the practice of instant triple talaq prevalent among Muslims for divorce.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India and 22 other countries have banned the practice.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In Pakistan and Bangladesh, it requires the man who wishes to divorce his wife to give the 'arbitration council' a written notice of his having done so, and supply a copy of the same to his wife.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In Pakistan, triple talaq was abolished when it issued its Muslim Family Law Ordinance in 1961, according to Geo News.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In Afghanistan, divorce through three pronouncements made in only one sitting is considered to be invalid.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sri Lanka's Marriage and Divorce (Muslim) Act, 1951, as amended up to 2006, banned triple talaq, according to a report by Pakistani scholar Muhammad Munir.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's Supreme Court last year banned instant triple talaq or 'talaq-e-biddat' practised by some in the Muslim community, saying it was "unconstitutional".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The other countries where instant talaq is banned are Turkey, Cyprus, Tunisia, Algeria, Malaysia, Jordon, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Brunei, the UAE, Indonesia, Libya, Sudan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Kuwait.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Union Cabinet approved Wednesday an ordinance to ban the practice of instant triple talaq, with Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad saying there was a "compelling necessity" to bring the measure as instances of 'talaq-e-biddat' continued unabated despite the Supreme Court striking it down.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Under the proposed ordinance, giving instant triple talaq will be illegal and void and will attract a jail term of three years for the husband.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Describing the practice of triple talaq as "barbaric and inhuman", Prasad Wednesday said nearly 22 countries have regulated triple talaq but gender justice was given a complete go-by in a secular country like India because of blatant vote bank politics.</p>
<p class="title">India's neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are among the countries that banned the practice of instant triple talaq prevalent among Muslims for divorce.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India and 22 other countries have banned the practice.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In Pakistan and Bangladesh, it requires the man who wishes to divorce his wife to give the 'arbitration council' a written notice of his having done so, and supply a copy of the same to his wife.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In Pakistan, triple talaq was abolished when it issued its Muslim Family Law Ordinance in 1961, according to Geo News.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In Afghanistan, divorce through three pronouncements made in only one sitting is considered to be invalid.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sri Lanka's Marriage and Divorce (Muslim) Act, 1951, as amended up to 2006, banned triple talaq, according to a report by Pakistani scholar Muhammad Munir.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's Supreme Court last year banned instant triple talaq or 'talaq-e-biddat' practised by some in the Muslim community, saying it was "unconstitutional".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The other countries where instant talaq is banned are Turkey, Cyprus, Tunisia, Algeria, Malaysia, Jordon, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Brunei, the UAE, Indonesia, Libya, Sudan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Kuwait.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Union Cabinet approved Wednesday an ordinance to ban the practice of instant triple talaq, with Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad saying there was a "compelling necessity" to bring the measure as instances of 'talaq-e-biddat' continued unabated despite the Supreme Court striking it down.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Under the proposed ordinance, giving instant triple talaq will be illegal and void and will attract a jail term of three years for the husband.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Describing the practice of triple talaq as "barbaric and inhuman", Prasad Wednesday said nearly 22 countries have regulated triple talaq but gender justice was given a complete go-by in a secular country like India because of blatant vote bank politics.</p>