NEW DELHI: The practice of triple talaq continues in the country despite the Supreme Court banning it and the government issuing an ordinance terming it illegal, law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told Parliament on Wednesday. There were 248 cases in various parts of the country since the SC judgment last year and UP had the highest number of such cases, he added.Prasad added that unofficial reports said over 477 cases of triple talaq were reported since January 2017. He said since Parliament was not in session, an ordinance banning the practice was promulgated on September 19.