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COURT QUESTIONS VALIDITY OF TALAQ-E-HASAN IN MODERN SOCIETY
Hindustan Times West UP
|November 20, 2025
The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned whether the practice of Talaq-e-Hasan, under which a Muslim man can divorce his wife by pronouncing “talaq” once a month over three months, can continue in its present form in a modern, civilised society, observing that it may need to be regulated, if not struck down altogether, to safeguard the dignity of women.
A bench, led by Justice Surya Kant, said that the i
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