{"id":417,"date":"2018-01-21T17:07:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T17:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/?p=417"},"modified":"2018-01-21T17:07:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T17:07:48","slug":"triple-talaq-india-s-top-court-to-rule-on-islamic-practice-of-instant-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/triple-talaq-india-s-top-court-to-rule-on-islamic-practice-of-instant-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Triple talaq: India’s top court to rule on Islamic practice of instant divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New Delhi (CNN)<\/cite>India’s Supreme Court decided Thursday to defer decision on the controversial Islamic divorce practice known as “triple talaq.”<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The practice, that stretches back over a thousand years, allows a husband to divorce his wife by simply saying the Arabic word for divorce, talaq, three times.<\/h2>\n

India’s Supreme Court has convened a special summer session to hear the much-anticipated case — alongside others of constitutional importance — in May, when the court is normally in recess. It would otherwise take years to hear these cases, said the Chief Justice,\u00a0according to local media.<\/a><\/h2>\n

A verdict could have come as early as Friday, but the Supreme Court announced Thursday it was reserving judgment in the contentious court case.<\/h2>\n

“In a case of this magnitude, they will take time to decide,” said Balaji Srinivasan, one of the lawyers on the petition representing a woman who was divorced via triple talaq.<\/h2>\n
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Zakia Soman, an activist and one of the petitioners on the case, said it had taken a lot of hard work to bring the issue to this level.<\/h2>\n

“That it has reached the highest body has created a lot of hope that we will get justice. In the past, this was not even possible,” said Soman.<\/h2>\n

India has the world’s second-largest Muslim population, but, unlike other countries with significant Muslim populations such as Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia, has has yet to outlaw triple talaq.<\/h2>\n
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