Indian Muslim women at a 2016 rally to oppose the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) that would outlaw the practice of ‘triple talaq’ in Ahmadabad. India's top court banned Islamic instant divorce on Tuesday. File photo: AP
Indian Muslim women at a 2016 rally to oppose the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) that would outlaw the practice of ‘triple talaq’ in Ahmadabad. India's top court banned Islamic instant divorce on Tuesday. File photo: AP

India's top court bans Islamic ‘triple talaq’ instant divorce

The government must now amend the sections of India’s Muslim personal law that allows the practice known as triple talaq

Indian Muslim women at a 2016 rally to oppose the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) that would outlaw the practice of ‘triple talaq’ in Ahmadabad. India's top court banned Islamic instant divorce on Tuesday. File photo: AP
Indian Muslim women at a 2016 rally to oppose the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) that would outlaw the practice of ‘triple talaq’ in Ahmadabad. India's top court banned Islamic instant divorce on Tuesday. File photo: AP
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