Choose the most appropriate answer. In Shayara Bano v Union of India, (2017) 9 SCC 1, the practice of…

The three-to-two majority in Shayara Bano set aside talaq-e-biddat, or instantaneous triple talaq. The question identifies that judicial result; it does not concern the distinct ahsan/hasan forms or delegated divorce.

Current law: The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 subsequently replaced the interim ordinances and is deemed in force from 19 September 2018. Sections 3/4 make the defined instantaneous irrevocable talaq void and illegal and punish its pronouncement up to three years plus fine; the judicial 2017 result itself did not enact that criminal penalty.