New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed the Supreme Court ruling on triple talaq 'historic' and said it grants equality to Muslim women.
"Judgment ... is historic. It grants equality to Muslim women and is a powerful measure for women empowerment," Modi tweeted.
The Supreme Court by a 3:2 majority judgment held triple talaq being practised by the Muslim community as "unconstitutional", "arbitrary" and "not part of Islam".
In the majority verdict, the three judges striking down instant triple talaq quoted extensively from Quranic verses and Hadith. The judges said one cannot seek constitutional protection for a practice for which the primary source is not the holy Quran.
BJP leader Amit Shah also hailed the verdict and said it was the victory of the basic Constitutional rights of the Muslim women in India.
