[DAWN] India's government on Wednesday approved an ordinance to implement a top court ruling striking down the Moslem practice that allows men to instantly divorce.The government decision came after it failed to get approval of parliament a year after the court ruled that the practice of triple "talaq" violated the constitutional rights of Moslem women.
Most of the 170 million Moslems in India are governed by the Islamic law for family matters and disputes.
The laws include allowing men to divorce by simply uttering the Arabic word "talaq", or divorce, three times and not necessarily consecutively, but at any time, and by any medium, including telephone, text message or social media post.
The government will have another six months to get the parliament's approval for the ordinance to become law.