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Assess the impact of ban on ‘Triple Talak’ on marriage and divorce among the Muslim community in India.

  • UPSC 2018
  • Religion and Society in India

In Shayara Bano v. Union of India (22 August 2017) the Supreme Court set aside talaq-e-biddat, instant triple talaq, by a 3:2 majority; the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 then made its pronouncement a cognisable offence carrying up to three years' imprisonment. Sociologically, the ban altered power inside Muslim marriage far…

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