Freedom from triple talaq: Goa shows the way
TIMES OF INDIA, NEW DELHI | 03 April 2016 18:35 IST
A step forward in gender justice is the Supreme Court’s admission of the petition of a Muslim woman, Shayara Bano, pleading that polygamy and oral triple talaq —saying talaq thrice in succession — violate fundamental human rights, and hence are unconstitutional.
Indian politics has always sabotaged gender justice for Muslim women.
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