Triple Talaq and Gender Justice: A Critical Analysis of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019

Marriage under any system of law entails an implied commitment — that its termination, in case it cannot be avoided, will take place with fairness and formality. The use of instantaneous triple talaq in Muslim family law, where the husband was allowed to dissolve the marriage irretrievably merely by pronouncing “talaq” thrice in a single breath, was a promise...