Description

The Indian Supreme Court in a split verdict on 22 August 2017 has held the practice of instant triple talaq unconstitutional. The Supreme Court’s invalidation of instant triple talaq has raised the question of whether this could mark the beginning of a move to reform Muslim personal law, which is still governed by the colonialera Shariat Act of 1937. The judgment, however, seems to suggest that the Court was narrowly concerned with the practice of instant triple talaq and not larger changes to Muslim personal law.

About The Speaker

Dr Ronojoy Sen is Senior Research Fellow (and Research Lead, Politics and Governance) at the Institute of South Asian Studies and the South Asian Studies Programme, National University of Singapore. He has worked for over a decade with leading Indian newspapers, most recently as an editor for The Times of India. His latest book is Nation at Play: A History of Sport in India (Columbia University Press/Penguin, 2015). He is also the author of Articles of Faith: Religion, Secularism, and the Indian Supreme Court (Oxford University Press, 2010) and has edited several books, the latest being Media at Work in China and India (Sage, 2015).