Here's How Twitterati Lauded The Historic Judgement By Supreme Court On Triple Talaq
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, in a historic judgment, termed the Muslim practice of triple talaq "unconstitutional", "arbitrary" and "not part of Islam". Here is how politicians, activists and social media influncers reacted on the apex court's
In a historic judgement, the Supreme Court struck down triple talaq with an iron fist on Tuesday. Just as the 5-judge declared it unconstitutional, reactions poured in social media, with almost all of them lauding the court's decision.
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The court termed the practice as "unconstitutional", "arbitrary" and "not part of Islam".
While the opinion on the verdict was divided in the ratio of 3:2 among the panel of Supreme Court judges, Twitterati was mostly unanimous in welcoming it. From relief to humour to anger to even fear mongering, here's how people reacted.
Be it politicians or civilians, each one pitched in their opinion on the verdict.
Politicians take on the judgement:
#1 Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed as "historic" the Supreme Court ruling on triple talaq and said it grants equality to Muslim women.
Judgment of the Hon'ble SC on Triple Talaq is historic. It grants equality to Muslim women and is a powerful measure for women empowerment.
¡ª Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 22, 2017
#2 BJP president Amit Shah welcomed the SC's verdict on triple talaq. He said the verdict is the "dawn of new era towards right to equality for Muslim women".
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¡ª Amit Shah (@AmitShah) August 22, 2017
#3 BJP leader Shazia Ilmi termed triple talaq as anti-Quran, anti-Constitution and anti-humanity.
Triple Talaq is anti-Quran, anti-Constitution and anti-humanity! From Shahbano to Shayara Bano the wheel has turned full circle.Say No to TT
¡ª shazia ilmi (@shaziailmi) August 22, 2017
#4 Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi termed the judgement "another step towards gender justice and gender equality."
Its a good judgement and its another step towards gender justice and gender equality:Maneka Gandhi,Union Minister #TripleTalaq pic.twitter.com/Gu8qSjt210
¡ª ANI (@ANI) August 22, 2017
#5 Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel said, "we are confident that this is the end of bad practice of triple talaq".
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¡ª Vijay Goel (@VijayGoelBJP) August 22, 2017
#6 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said, "It would be great had it (decision of SC bench) been on consensus. This is start of justice for women. Soon further action will be taken in this regard".
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¡ª Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) August 22, 2017
Here's how the rest on Twitter reacted to the news:
#7 Many hailed the verdict as a victory for Muslim women
Unconstitutional, unconstitutional, unconstitutional: Supreme Court strikes off #TripleTalaq
¡ª Khushi (@Khushi_Beee) 22 August 2017
#8 Stand up Comedian Sorabh Pant added a bit of an irony to the
#TripleTalaq is that uncle dancing vulgarly at a wedding.
¡ª Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) 22 August 2017
Almost everyone wants it stopped.
But, nobody wants to be the one to stop it.
#9 Justice prevails after all!
Just hope to see Justice prevailing over barbaric customs & tradition against helpless Muslim women #TripleTalaq pic.twitter.com/F3HYJdnhPS
¡ª Adv. Pragya Bhushan (@pragya_bhushan) 21 August 2017
#10 People praised the power of Indian democracy
1000 years of evil practise of #TripleTalaq ended by Supreme Courr by a stroke of pen. This is power of Indian democracy and rule of law
¡ª Monika Arora (@advmonikaarora) 22 August 2017
#12 At the end of it all, this judgement was inevitable and the evil practice had to be obliterated.
It shouldn't matter whether #TripleTalaq is Islamic or un-Islamic, has blessing of Quran or not. It is inhuman and unjust. It has to go
¡ª Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) 22 August 2017
