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Shayara Bano v. Union of India and Others

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Reported as [2017] 9 S.C.R. 797
Bench J.S. Khehar J.
Decided 22 August 2017

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SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2017] 9 S. .R. Muslim Law: Sunnis - Various sub-sects of Sunnis - Discussed. (Per Nariman, J,) Muslim Law: Various forms of divorce recognised in Islamic law - Discussed. (Per Nariman, J,) Muslim Law: Triple Talaq - Legal sanctity and constitutional protection - Triple Talaq is n,ot an integral part of the religious practice - Merely because a practice has continued far long, that by itself cannot make it valid if it has been expressly declared to be impermissible - The whole purpose of the 1937 Act was to declare Shariat as the rule of decision and to discontinue

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