Evaluating India's Supreme Court judgment on the instant divorce "triple talaq". Did the verdict build a real momentum for gender equality? - Francesca Ceserani - Bog

Essay from the year 2019 in the subject Politics - Topic: Public International Law and Human Rights, grade: 80/100, Birkbeck, University of London (Law), course: Human Rights, language: English, abstract: This paper is about the instant divorce "triple talaq" as well as India's Supreme Court judgment on it. Did the verdict build a real momentum for gender equality?

In the pages that follow, it will be firstly illustrated the complex legal system of India, in which personal laws are applied to specific religious groups and communities. Thereafter, the paper will focus on the course of the sentence and finally, it will critically take into consideration various contradictions arisen from the Court¿s discussions and conclusions.