There are two types of triple talaq:

• One, a person can utter triple talaq in one sitting in the presence of two witnesses.
• Two, he can decide to give talaq in three monthly installments.

The government has said that triple talaq violates the right to equality of women, as well as their dignity, and “has no place in a secular country.”

What this means is that Muslims and other minorities, like Christians, would lose their existing right to apply their own civil code or laws for family matters including marriage, divorce and inheritance.

Some argue that triple talaq infringes upon the right to religion. While, some assume the abolition of triple talaq as a liberal step. Women’s rights activists have long called for reform of the Muslim personal law which they say discriminates against women.

What they want instead is a well-defined law that criminalizes polygamy, unilateral divorce and child marriage.

However, it is a fact that divorced women are placed in economically disadvantageous positions and therefore new ideas are needed to aid them.