Triple talaq made headlines yet again on 8 December. This time, the contentious issue made news after the Allahabad High Court examined the case of a 23-year-old girl who asked for court protection and alleged that she was being harassed by her family for marrying a 53-year-old married man.

The court dismissed the case after the man admitted that he had given triple talaq to his wife and had abandoned his two minor children, on the orders of the young woman.

In its judgement, the court said that instant triple talaq is cruel and demeaning. The single judge bench suggested that the Muslim personal law needs amendment to alleviate the suffering of Muslim women.

“Leaving such a large population to the whims and fancies of a personal law that perpetuates gender inequality and is regressive... impedes and drags India from becoming a nation,” the judge said, while dismissing the case.

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