India's Prime Minister hints at change to controversial 'triple talaq' Islamic divorce law

India’s supreme court may declare unconstitutional a practice that allows men to end marriages with the triple utterance of the word talaq

Source: cordel and cordel

India's Muslim men can still unilaterally divorce their wives simply by saying "triple talaq"

Now, amid a constitutional challenge to the practice, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has thrown his weight behind banning the so-called "triple talaq" — but he is facing criticism for taking a politically-motivated stand.

Mr Modi told a rally it was the Government's constitutional "duty" to give Islamic women their rights