Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad hailed the verdict of Supreme Court saying that “today is a great moment as the vindictive, discriminatory, arbitrary, unreasonable system of triple talaq has been found to be unconstitutional by the apex court.
The Supreme Court by a majority verdicton Tuesday set aside the practice of divorce through triple talaq among Muslims, saying the practice was void, illegal and unconstitutional. The Supreme Court banned the evil custom of triple talaq for six months and has asked the government to form a new constitution to permanently abduct this custom.
Ravi Shankar Prasad glorified the decision of SC saying that the change marked the beginning of empowerment in India. He also through his comments clarified that the Modi-government will always stand by and support the decision of banning the evil custom and will not buckle under pressure like Rajiv Gandhi’s government in the past.
“This is a new dawn,” Prasad said, adding, “I am proud of my PM” who had “publicly appealed not to bring in religion” in the issue of triple talaq.
He also said that he would urge the Muslim Personal Law Board to reconsider its stand taken against the ban of triple talaq.