Triple Talaq Verdict News

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Triple talaq: Congress may oppose the bill if it violates SC verdict, says Abhishek Singhvi

The Congress may oppose a proposed legislation criminalising instant triple talaq if it is in violation of a Supreme Court judgement, party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said

1 min read16 Dec 2017
Opinion

Indian Democracy: Different strokes, different notes

The Supreme Court's triple talaq and right to equality verdicts has stamped a new benchmark for democracy, but the Dera violence in Haryana shows India's social order failed itself in the very first test

3 min read27 Aug 2017
Politics

Law commission to submit report on uniform civil code to govt by next year

The law commission had decided to go slow on its uniform civil code report as the Supreme Court was examining the issue of triple talaq

1 min read27 Aug 2017
Mint-lounge

Triple talaq, right to privacy and India’s role in Afghanistan

Triple talaq ruled unconstitutional; right to privacy declared a fundamental right; Donald Trump calls for a bigger Indian role in the Afghan conflict

3 min read26 Aug 2017
Opinion

Triple talaq verdict has not gone the entire distance

It fails to establish broader principles about the relationship between freedom of religion and other fundamental rights

4 min read25 Aug 2017
Politics

Hamid Dalwai, the man who led triple talaq stir in 1967

Congress MP Husain Dalwai says the first street protest against triple talaq was led by Hamid Dawai and his wife Mehrunnisa, who advanced the cause of reforms within the Muslim community

3 min read24 Aug 2017
Politics

Mamata Banerjee maintains silence on Supreme Court’s triple talaq verdict

Mamata Banerjee has maintained silence over the Supreme Court verdict abolishing triple talaq even as one key leader of Trinamool Congress publicly criticised it

1 min read23 Aug 2017
Politics

Divorce rate of Muslim women is twice the national average

But the divorce rate for Muslim men is close to the national average, suggesting that triple talaq is biased against Muslim women in India

1 min read23 Aug 2017
Opinion

All personal laws in India are discriminatory

The subtext of all these personal laws, regardless of religion, is that women are not equal to men

2 min read23 Aug 2017
Politics

This is a historic day: Shayara Bano

Petitioner Shayara Bano welcomes Supreme Court's triple talaq verdict, says bring a law on the practice as soon as possible

1 min read23 Aug 2017
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