Supreme Court bars Triple talaq for 6 months till Parliament legislate
Thus the Supreme Court put a temporary ban on Triple Talaq but put the ball in the court of the government to frame a law to ban it.
The Chief Justice of India JS Khehar gave his judgement while other judges will pronounce their verdict too. Reports said a second judge also ruled against triple talaq.
Triple talaq, widely practised in India, is a form of unilateral oral divorce to Muslim women by their husbands.
The five member bench led by Chief Justice of India, Justice JS Khehar heard the case. The panel of five judges have representation different different faiths - Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism and Zoroastrianism.
The five-judge bench comprises of Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, Justice Kurian Joseph, Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice S Abdul Nazeer.
The top court reserved its decision since the hearing concluded in May.
While the petitioner in the case from which the landmark verdict is awaited is 36-year-old Shayara Bano, spearheading the campaign to end triple talaq or polygamy in the Muslim society is Zakia Soman, the 50 plus co-founder of Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA, the other founder of which is Noorjehan Safia Niaz).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier said he would try to give justice to the Muslim women even though some Muslim bodies like the Muslim Law Board has opposed it.
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