New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday deprecated the practice of Talaq-e-Hasan, saying it may consider referring the challenge to the validity of this kind of divorce among Muslims in India, to a larger five-judge Constitution bench.

Through Talaq-e-Hasan, a man can dissolve a marriage by pronouncing the word \"talaq\" once every month over a three-month period.

In 2017, the top court declared Triple Talaq, also a form of divorce prevalent among Muslim community, as unconstitutional after finding it to be arbitrary and violative of fundamental rights of Muslim women.

A bench of justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh asked if a civilised modern society should allow this.

The court asked the parties to submit notes with regard to types of Talaq which can be granted un

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