Disregarding resistance from political opponents and the Muslim clergy, the Union Cabinet cleared an ordinance on Wednesday to criminalise triple talaq (instant oral divorce) on the ground that the controversial custom, declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, was still being used against women of the minority community.
Disregarding resistance from political opponents and the Muslim clergy, the Union Cabinet cleared an ordinance on Wednesday to criminalise triple talaq (instant oral divorce) on the ground that the controversial custom, declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, was still being used against women of the minority community.
