Shayara Bano

The practice of 'triple talaq' is "fatal for the social institution of marriage" and "makes Muslim women's condition very pathetic", the government argued Monday in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court.

Anti-triple talaq crusader Shayara Bano, who recently joined the BJP, has been given minister of state status by the Uttarakhand government.

Shayara Bano, who was the first to move the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of triple talaq, on Sunday said it was the BJP''s progressive approach towards Muslim women that had motivated her to join the party.

Triple Talaq crusader Shayara Bano on Sunday said she is willing to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) if given an opportunity in the future.

The Supreme Court has tilted more towards "idealism" in the recent years, compared to "realism" in the past, due to the socio-political and economic changes taking place in the country, a senior judge of the top court said on Saturday.

The Supreme Court today struck down the controversial Islamic practice of 'triple talaq' or instant divorce as unconstitutional. Three women who took the fight for gender justice and gender equality to the highest court of the land spoke to NDTV at on The 9'O Clock News

The Supreme Court today banned the controversial practice of triple talaq that allows Muslim men to divorce their wives instantly by saying "talaq" thrice. A five-judge bench ruled that the practice of instant triple talaq is unconstitutional and against the teachings of Islam.

Her husband said the word 'talaq' thrice on phone to divorce national-level netball player Shumaila Javed in Yogi Adityanath's Uttar Pradesh, reports news agency ANI. Her fault? She gave birth to a girl.Ms Javed from Amroha, about 380 km from Lucknow, is currently staying at her parental home and wants Chief Minister Adityanath to look into the mat...

A consensus on acceptance of plurality, one can only hope, would encourage further dialogue about protecting inter-community marriages and rights of sexual minorities in the years to come.

As the Shayara Bano case reaches the Supreme Court, it is to be hoped that Rajiv Gandhi's precedent in reconciling the inviolability of Muslim Personal Law with the demands of the Constitution and ordinary decency will again inform the Supreme Court as it moves towards its conclusions in Shayara Bano's case.

Women of the sub-continent have more in common than their shared pre-partition history. At different moments in the evolution of policy frameworks of their respective nations, women of the sub-continent have found themselves marginalized. They are up against a different Line of Control than the one manned by armies. This is an LOC imposed by men wh...

The National Commission for Women (NCW) will support Dehradun-based Shayara Bano's case in Supreme Court demanding abolition of 'triple talaq', its chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam said today.

The practice of 'triple talaq' is "fatal for the social institution of marriage" and "makes Muslim women's condition very pathetic", the government argued Monday in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court.

Anti-triple talaq crusader Shayara Bano, who recently joined the BJP, has been given minister of state status by the Uttarakhand government.

Shayara Bano, who was the first to move the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of triple talaq, on Sunday said it was the BJP''s progressive approach towards Muslim women that had motivated her to join the party.

Triple Talaq crusader Shayara Bano on Sunday said she is willing to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) if given an opportunity in the future.

The Supreme Court has tilted more towards "idealism" in the recent years, compared to "realism" in the past, due to the socio-political and economic changes taking place in the country, a senior judge of the top court said on Saturday.

The Supreme Court today struck down the controversial Islamic practice of 'triple talaq' or instant divorce as unconstitutional. Three women who took the fight for gender justice and gender equality to the highest court of the land spoke to NDTV at on The 9'O Clock News

The Supreme Court today banned the controversial practice of triple talaq that allows Muslim men to divorce their wives instantly by saying "talaq" thrice. A five-judge bench ruled that the practice of instant triple talaq is unconstitutional and against the teachings of Islam.

Her husband said the word 'talaq' thrice on phone to divorce national-level netball player Shumaila Javed in Yogi Adityanath's Uttar Pradesh, reports news agency ANI. Her fault? She gave birth to a girl.Ms Javed from Amroha, about 380 km from Lucknow, is currently staying at her parental home and wants Chief Minister Adityanath to look into the mat...

A consensus on acceptance of plurality, one can only hope, would encourage further dialogue about protecting inter-community marriages and rights of sexual minorities in the years to come.

As the Shayara Bano case reaches the Supreme Court, it is to be hoped that Rajiv Gandhi's precedent in reconciling the inviolability of Muslim Personal Law with the demands of the Constitution and ordinary decency will again inform the Supreme Court as it moves towards its conclusions in Shayara Bano's case.

Women of the sub-continent have more in common than their shared pre-partition history. At different moments in the evolution of policy frameworks of their respective nations, women of the sub-continent have found themselves marginalized. They are up against a different Line of Control than the one manned by armies. This is an LOC imposed by men wh...

The National Commission for Women (NCW) will support Dehradun-based Shayara Bano's case in Supreme Court demanding abolition of 'triple talaq', its chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam said today.