The Supreme Court on Wednesday delivered a scathing critique of talaq-e-hasan—a form of triple talaq delivered over three months—signalling a fresh judicial push to re-examine Muslim divorce practices eight years after instant triple talaq was struck down.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan and NK Singh questioned how a practice allowing unilateral, staggered divorce by the husband could survive in a “modern, dignified society.”

“How is this allowed in modern society?” Justice Kant asked bluntly, as the court heard multiple petitions challenging the validity of talaq-e-hasan.

The court’s sharpest comments came while hearing the plea of Benazir Heena, a woman left battling for her child’s school admission because her husband allegedly divorced her through his lawyer—without eve

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