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date_range 22 Aug 2017 3:18 PM GMT Updated On
date_range 22 Aug 2017 3:18 PM GMTModi calls SC ruling on triple talaq ‘historic’
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed as “historic” the Supreme Court ruling on triple talaq 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”.
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