CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The bill followed a 2017 Supreme Court ruling that the practice of instant triple talaq is unconstitutional and a divorce pronounced by uttering talaq three times in one sitting is void and illegal. Muslim triple talaq petitioner Ishrat Jahan welcomed the Bill when it was presented.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 2017, India’s Supreme Court outlawed the Islamic practice of “triple talaq” which allowed a Muslim man to divorce his wife in minutes just by saying “talaq” (divorce) three times.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 2017 the Supreme Court declared the practice of triple talaq unconstitutional by a slim majority in a 3-2 split verdict. Similar to the practices challenged today, triple talaq is instant, devoid of any legal process, and does not require the wife’s consent.

Detailed explanation-4: -This was seen in the case of Shayara Bano vs Union Of India And Ors ((2017) 9 SCC 1), and was presided over by Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer, Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, Justice Uday Lalit, Justice K. M. Joseph.