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Under traditional Muslim personal law, the irregular form of talaq that became immediately irrevocable…

Under traditional Sunni law, talaq-ul biddat was the irregular form of divorce treated as immediately irrevocable on pronouncement, unlike the revocable forms talaq-ahsan…

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Under traditional Muslim personal law, the irregular form of talaq that became immediately irrevocable upon pronouncement (now declared void and illegal under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019) was called:

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Under traditional Sunni law, talaq-ul biddat was the irregular form of divorce treated as immediately irrevocable on pronouncement, unlike the revocable forms talaq-ahsan and talaq-hasan. The Supreme Court set the practice aside in Shayara Bano v. Union of India, and Section 3 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 declares such a pronouncement void and illegal.

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